Cleo's Southern Cuisine

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 21, 2025 →
• address4248 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60653

Is Cleo's Southern Cuisine clean?

Cleo's Southern Cuisine is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cleo's Southern Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected

When was Cleo's Southern Cuisine last inspected?

Cleo's Southern Cuisine has 8 inspections on record going back to March 19, 2019.

Cleo's Southern Cuisine vs Oakland

Oakland runs 81% clean across 27 tracked restaurants — 22 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 27 spots Cooked tracks in Oakland, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 March 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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