Cooked?
Insomnia Cookies
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations3
- last inspectedNovember 6, 2025
- address1344 N Wells St, Chicago 60610
Is Insomnia Cookies clean?
Insomnia Cookies is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Insomnia Cookies?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food manager on dutycriticalPerson In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • NO PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED MANAGER ON SITE WITHOUT VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATION WHILE TCS FOODS (ICE CREAM, COOKIES) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INFORMED THAT FACILITY MUST HAVE A CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE FACILITY IS OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NOTED NO SOAP AT HAND WASH SINK OF THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT ALL AHND WASHING SINKS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED WASH ROOM ON PREMISE WITH GARBAGE RECEPTACLES AND NO LID. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TRASH CANS WITH LIDS AT ALL WOMEN WASH ROOMS AND UNISEX WASH ROOMSToilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED WASH ROOM ON PREMISE WITH GARBAGE RECEPTACLES AND NO LID. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TRASH CANS WITH LIDS AT ALL WOMEN WASH ROOMS AND UNISEX WASH ROOMS
When was Insomnia Cookies last inspected?
Insomnia Cookies has 11 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 24, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 20, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 8, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 21, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 16, 2020 | — | |
| July 13, 2020 | Fail | |
| March 26, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 16, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2017 | — |
Insomnia Cookies vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.