Apolonia

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJune 9, 2025 →
• address105 E Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616

Is Apolonia clean?

Apolonia is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Apolonia?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Food Obtained From Approved Source
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used

When was Apolonia last inspected?

Apolonia has 7 inspections on record going back to February 18, 2021.

Apolonia vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 80% clean across 297 tracked restaurants — 235 clean, 51 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 297 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

Other spots in Near South Side

• ✓ Apolonia
  clean · February 18, 2021
• ✓ Overflow
  clean · March 13, 2026
• ✓ Crab Bucket
  cooked · April 22, 2021
• ✓ Crab Bucket
  clean · April 22, 2021
• ✓ Sage Room
  cooked · November 9, 2021
• ✓! Sweet Bean
  mid · April 8, 2026

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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.

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 June 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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