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Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 6, 2026
- address6456 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60638
Is Lou Malnati's Pizzeria clean?
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 6, 2026. 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 July 6, 2026. 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 13 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 26, 2019 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2019 | Fail | |
| July 27, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 July 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.