Cooked?
Cargo Exchange Cafe
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 6, 2025
- address8701 S Exchange Ave, Chicago 60617
Is Cargo Exchange Cafe clean?
Chicago Department of Public Health has not published a current health inspection result for Cargo Exchange Cafe, though it does have an inspection on record from August 6, 2025. That usually means the place is new, recently changed hands, or files under a different name with the city. No rating is not the same as a bad rating.
What did inspectors find at Cargo Exchange Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Cargo Exchange Cafe last inspected?
Cargo Exchange Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to August 6, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2025 | — |
Cargo Exchange Cafe vs South Chicago
South Chicago runs 75% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 106 clean, 21 mid, 15 cooked.
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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 August 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.