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Tribe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 15, 2024
- address1239 W Lake St, Chicago 60607
Is Tribe clean?
Tribe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 15, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Tribe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 OBSERVED A 1/4" GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR EXIT DOOR. MUST PROVIDE A TIGHT-FITTING SEAL AT ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF PESTS.
When was Tribe last inspected?
Tribe has 11 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| October 29, 2025 | — | |
| October 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 26, 2024 | — | |
| December 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 3, 2023 | — | |
| October 11, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 14, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 30, 2021 | Fail |
Tribe vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.