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Lucky Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 28, 2025
- address7779 W Talcott Ave, Chicago 60631
Is Lucky Grill clean?
Lucky Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 28, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Lucky Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE ON EXTERIOR OF USED COOKING OIL CONTAINER IN OUTDOOR REAR GARBAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE ON EXTERIOR OF USED COOKING OIL CONTAINER IN OUTDOOR REAR GARBAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
When was Lucky Grill last inspected?
Lucky Grill has 23 inspections on record going back to March 24, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| April 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 11, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 17, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 17, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Lucky Grill vs Norwood Park
Norwood Park runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 50 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 April 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.