Cooked?
Espressamente Illy
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 15, 2026
- address455 N Cityfront Plaza Dr, Chicago 60611
Is Espressamente Illy clean?
Espressamente Illy is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Espressamente Illy?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED 1/2 INCH GAPS AT REVOLVING DOOR SWEEPS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST RODENT PROOF REVOLVING DOOR SWEEPS.
When was Espressamente Illy last inspected?
Espressamente Illy has 16 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 1, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 28, 2021 | Fail | |
| May 20, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 17, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 22, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 27, 2017 | Pass |
Espressamente Illy vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% of them.
Other spots in Near North Side
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 January 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.