Flo

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 22, 2026 →
• address1434 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Flo clean?

Flo is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Flo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Flo last inspected?

Flo has 26 inspections on record going back to August 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Flo vs West Town

West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,250 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 23% of them.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓ Handlebar Chicago
  clean · November 20, 2025
• ✓ Shell
  cooked · August 30, 2012
• ? Chava's Taco's
  cooked · November 19, 2010
• ✓ Alliance Poultry Farm Mkt Inc
  clean · May 8, 2025
• ✓ Mr Taco's
  cooked · February 26, 2010
• ✓ Riverside Deli
  cooked · February 5, 2015

See every restaurant inspection in West Town →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 January 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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