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Cleo's Southern Cuisine
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 11, 2026
- address190 N Wells St, Chicago 60606
Is Cleo's Southern Cuisine clean?
Cleo's Southern Cuisine is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cleo's Southern Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BAGS OF FLOUR STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FLOUR BAGS AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD CONTAINERS AT LEAST 6" ABOVE THE FLOOR DURING STORAGE AND MAINTAIN.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BAGS OF FLOUR STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FLOUR BAGS AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD CONTAINERS AT LEAST 6" ABOVE THE FLOOR DURING STORAGE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSILS STORED ON THE STOVE IN WATER AT 120.0F AT THE MAIN COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN-USE UTENSILS IN WATER AT LEAST 135.0F OR ABOVE IN-BETWEEN USES AND MAINTAIN.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSILS STORED ON THE STOVE IN WATER AT 120.0F AT THE MAIN COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN-USE UTENSILS IN WATER AT LEAST 135.0F OR ABOVE IN-BETWEEN USES AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED NO WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN THE EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE WASTE RECEPTACLE IN ALL AREAS WITH A HANDWASHING LAVATORY AND ENSURE NUMBER AND CAPACITY OF INDOOR WASTE RECEPTACLES IS SUFFICIENT TO HOLD ALL GENERATED WASTE AND MAINTAIN.Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED NO WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN THE EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE WASTE RECEPTACLE IN ALL AREAS WITH A HANDWASHING LAVATORY AND ENSURE NUMBER AND CAPACITY OF INDOOR WASTE RECEPTACLES IS SUFFICIENT TO HOLD ALL GENERATED WASTE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Cleo's Southern Cuisine last inspected?
Cleo's Southern Cuisine has 7 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2026 | Pass | |
| November 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 14, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 8, 2022 | Pass |
Cleo's Southern Cuisine vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.