Yolk

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 12, 2025
• address501 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago 60614

Is Yolk clean?

Yolk is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Yolk?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO PERSON ON SITE WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED. MUST HAVE A PERSON ON SITE WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO SOAP AT HAND WASHING SINK LOCATED AT DISH WASHING AREA. MUST PROVIDE SOAP AT HAND WASHING SINK AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED. EMPLOYEE REPLENISHED SOAP DURING INSPECTION.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED EXPIRED READY TO EAT COOKED SLICED HAM HELD IN WALK IN COOLER WITH A DATE MARKED 5-26-2025. ALSO OBSERVED EXPIRED COOKED SAUSAGE WITH A DATE MARKED 6-2-2025. READY TO EAT FOODS CAN BE HELD FOR A MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS. DAY 1 COUNTS AS DAY OF PREPARATION. FOOD VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 10 LBS AT A COST OF $75.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CRACKED WALL TILES ON RIGHT SIDE OF WALL LOCATED NEXT TO DISH MACHINE. MUST REPAIR.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS CELL PHONES AND SPEAKER ON CUTTING BOARD IN MAIN PREP AREA. MUST STORE PERSONAL ITEMS AWAY FROM PREP AREA/CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS CELL PHONES AND SPEAKER ON CUTTING BOARD IN MAIN PREP AREA. MUST STORE PERSONAL ITEMS AWAY FROM PREP AREA/CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS.

When was Yolk last inspected?

Yolk has 23 inspections on record going back to March 12, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Yolk vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ Yefseis Cafe
  clean · September 8, 2017
• ✓ Dunkin Donuts
  clean · June 12, 2023
• ✓! Teavana
  mid · June 11, 2015
• ✓ The Big Cheese Wrigleyville, Llc
  clean · April 1, 2014
• ✓ Taco Bell
  clean · April 4, 2018
• ✓ Sapori Trattoria
  clean · May 19, 2026

See every restaurant inspection in Lake View →

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 June 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.