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Lou Malnati's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 10, 2026
- address1235 W Randolph St, Chicago 60607
Is Lou Malnati's clean?
Lou Malnati's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lou Malnati's?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on February 10, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Lou Malnati's last inspected?
Lou Malnati's has 22 inspections on record going back to October 9, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 21, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2019 | Pass |
Lou Malnati's vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 February 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.