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Cafe Tola
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 29, 2026
- address2489 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Cafe Tola clean?
Cafe Tola is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Tola?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Cafe Tola last inspected?
Cafe Tola has 23 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 18, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 5, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cafe Tola vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 May 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.