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The Red Canary
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 23, 2012
- address691-695 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60642
Is The Red Canary clean?
The Red Canary is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 23, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at The Red Canary?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2012. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was The Red Canary last inspected?
The Red Canary has 10 inspections on record going back to January 26, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2013 | closed by the city | |
| December 6, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| May 23, 2012 | Fail | |
| July 11, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2010 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2010 | Fail | |
| September 27, 2010 | Fail | |
| September 16, 2010 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2010 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2010 | Fail |
The Red Canary vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 6% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 23, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.