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Cafe Tola Ii
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 14, 2026
- address3324 N California Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Cafe Tola Ii clean?
Cafe Tola Ii is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Tola Ii?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER. MUST LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED ON TOP OF ICE BIN IN FRONT COFFEE STATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED ON TOP OF ICE BIN IN FRONT COFFEE STATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
When was Cafe Tola Ii last inspected?
Cafe Tola Ii has 18 inspections on record going back to October 19, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 17, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 10, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 15, 2022 | Fail | |
| January 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cafe Tola Ii vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 January 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.