Al's Italian Beef

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026 →
• address1079 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607

Is Al's Italian Beef clean?

Al's Italian Beef is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Al's Italian Beef?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 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
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• ⚠️Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display

When was Al's Italian Beef last inspected?

Al's Italian Beef has 25 inspections on record going back to April 27, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Al's Italian Beef vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,294 tracked restaurants — 1,030 clean, 233 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 1,294 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 January 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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