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Cleo's
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 17, 2025
- address1935 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60622
Is Cleo's clean?
Cleo's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cleo's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcriticalNo Bare Hand Contact With Rte Food Or A Pre-Approved Alternative Procedure Properly Allowed • Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods. Observed a cook assembling a sandwich touching bread, cheese, lettuce with bare hands. Instructed manager not to allow bare hands contact with such food items. Priority violation 7-38-010.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • No hands washing signs in restrooms, instructed to provide.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Open ice bin container Infront of customer seating area at bar, instructed to provide a cover or a food guard.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Open ice bin container Infront of customer seating area at bar, instructed to provide a cover or a food guard.
When was Cleo's last inspected?
Cleo's has 18 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 17, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 25, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 9, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2016 | Fail | |
| July 1, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 13, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2014 | Pass |
Cleo's vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 September 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.