Il Milanese Ristorante

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 4, 2025
• address4356 N Leavitt St, Chicago 60618

Is Il Milanese Ristorante clean?

Il Milanese Ristorante is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 4, 2025. 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 Il Milanese Ristorante?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED DUMP SINK IN THE FRONT BAR AREA PROVIDED WITH SIGNAGE NOTIFYING FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE FROM DUMP SINK AND PROVIDE HANDWASHING AIDS AND DEVICES ONLY AT SINKS DESIGNATED FOR HANDWASHING AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON-SITE WITH DIAL DISCONNECTED FROM THERMOMETER ASSEMBLY AND IN POOR REPAIR. FACILITY HAS OTHER METAL STEM THERMOMETERS IN GOOD REPAIR AND CALIBRATION FOR USE IN MONITORING FOOD-TEMPERATURES. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD IRREPARABLE METAL STEM THERMOMETER AND MAINTAIN ALL UTENSILS ON-SITE IN GOOD REPAIR AND CALIBRATION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED OVENS IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA TO BE SOILED WITH ENCRUSTED GREASE DEPOSITS ON FOOD- AND NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FOOD- AND NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH APPROPRIATE CLEANING MATERIALS TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF ENCRUSTED GREASE DEPOSITS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE IN THE BASEMENT KITCHEN AREA TO BE SOILED WITH DUST DEBRIS AND OTHER SOILS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF DUST DEBRIS AND OTHER SOILS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Il Milanese Ristorante last inspected?

Il Milanese Ristorante has 5 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2023.

Il Milanese Ristorante vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 59% of them.

Other spots in North Center

• ✓ Il Milanese Ristorante
  clean · February 23, 2023
• ✓ Apero
  clean · November 12, 2025
• ✓ Apero
  clean · April 18, 2023
• ✓ Apero
  clean · April 18, 2023
• ✓ Indian Clay Pot
  cooked · February 14, 2025
• ✓ Captain Shrimp
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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 November 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.