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.
July 6, 2026 Pass
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View full inspection →June 26, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →May 12, 2025 Pass
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View full inspection →June 6, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →June 5, 2023 Pass
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View full inspection →July 8, 2022 Pass
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View full inspection →March 15, 2021 Pass
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View full inspection →March 8, 2021 Fail
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View full inspection →January 16, 2020 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →June 26, 2019 Pass
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View full inspection →June 17, 2019 Fail
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View full inspection →July 27, 2018 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →Lou Malnati's Pizzeria vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 79% clean across 172 tracked restaurants — 134 clean, 31 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 172 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 July 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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