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Cafe Korzo
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 10, 2025
- address2935 N Broadway, Chicago 60657
Is Cafe Korzo clean?
Cafe Korzo is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 10, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Korzo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS IN FOOD PREP AND REAR DISHWASHING. MUST PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES PREPARING AND SERVING FOOD WITHOUT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS PREPARED AND SERVED.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES PREPARING AND SERVING FOOD WITHOUT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS PREPARED AND SERVED.
When was Cafe Korzo last inspected?
Cafe Korzo has 9 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 7, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2022 | Fail |
Cafe Korzo vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.