Waffle Lounge

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 23, 2026 →
• address7433 S State St, Chicago 60619

Is Waffle Lounge clean?

Waffle Lounge is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Waffle Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Waffle Lounge last inspected?

Waffle Lounge has 4 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2025.

Waffle Lounge vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 81% clean across 226 tracked restaurants — 180 clean, 24 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 226 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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