• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 16, 2026 →
• address3612 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60613

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Is Cafe Tola I clean?

Cafe Tola I is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Tola I?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Cafe Tola I last inspected?

Cafe Tola I has 18 inspections on record going back to August 7, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cafe Tola I vs Lake View

Lake View runs 79% clean across 1,124 tracked restaurants — 879 clean, 218 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 1,124 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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