Galapagos Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2025 →
• address3800 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Galapagos Cafe clean?

Galapagos Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Galapagos Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Proper Cooling Time And Temperature
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Galapagos Cafe last inspected?

Galapagos Cafe has 22 inspections on record going back to July 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Galapagos Cafe vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 76% clean across 328 tracked restaurants — 248 clean, 70 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 328 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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.

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 August 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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