Alibaba Retro

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 3, 2025 →
• address5211 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60656

Is Alibaba Retro clean?

Alibaba Retro is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Alibaba Retro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2025, 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
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean

When was Alibaba Retro last inspected?

Alibaba Retro has 26 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Alibaba Retro vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 83% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 118 clean, 24 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 144 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 January 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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