Bobijoa

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2025 →
• address1140 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Bobijoa clean?

Bobijoa is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bobijoa?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Bobijoa last inspected?

Bobijoa has 11 inspections on record going back to March 19, 2020.

Bobijoa vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 80% clean across 699 tracked restaurants — 550 clean, 100 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 699 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.

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 July 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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