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Cafe Urbano
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 22, 2026
- address4176 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Cafe Urbano clean?
Cafe Urbano is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Urbano?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES IN FRONT FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORED WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED RUSTY BOTTOM SURFACES OF FOOD PREP TABLES IN FRONT FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE PREP TABLES.
When was Cafe Urbano last inspected?
Cafe Urbano has 19 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 17, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 21, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 14, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 11, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 4, 2019 | Fail |
Cafe Urbano vs Irving Park
Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 June 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.