Alibaba Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 5, 2026 →
• address4044 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Alibaba Cafe clean?

Alibaba Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Alibaba Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Alibaba Cafe last inspected?

Alibaba Cafe has 21 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Alibaba Cafe vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 76% clean across 328 tracked restaurants — 248 clean, 69 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 328 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

Other spots in Albany Park

• ✓ Beef & Burger
  cooked · November 9, 2017
• ? Zahart Alamadaa'en
  cooked · June 13, 2011
• ✓! Dawali Mediteranean Kitchen
  cooked · September 27, 2013
• ✕ Salam Restaurant
  cooked · November 15, 2010
• ✓! Noodles Party
  mid · April 15, 2026
• ? Blue Sky Inn
  cooked · September 5, 2012

See every restaurant inspection in Albany Park →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 August 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

check your own block 📸

Cooked covers 10 cities on official inspection data — see who's clean, mid, or cooked near you.