Happy Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 7, 2026 →
• address2351 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Happy Cafe clean?

Happy Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Happy Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Happy Cafe last inspected?

Happy Cafe has 12 inspections on record going back to January 16, 2018.

Happy Cafe vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 82% clean across 375 tracked restaurants — 307 clean, 58 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 375 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.

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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 May 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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