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Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2025
- address439 N Wells St, Chicago 60654
Is Lou Malnati's Pizzeria clean?
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lou Malnati's Pizzeria?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Lou Malnati's Pizzeria last inspected?
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria has 17 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 18, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 13, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 26, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2018 | Pass |
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria 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 28% 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 October 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.