Cooked?
26Th St Cafe
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 5, 2025
- address3435 1/2 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
Is 26Th St Cafe clean?
Chicago Department of Public Health has not published a current health inspection result for 26Th St Cafe, though it does have an inspection on record from December 5, 2025. That usually means the place is new, recently changed hands, or files under a different name with the city. No rating is not the same as a bad rating.
What did inspectors find at 26Th St Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 5, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was 26Th St Cafe last inspected?
26Th St Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to December 5, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 5, 2025 | — |
26Th St Cafe vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
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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 December 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.