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Macello Ristorante
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026
- address1235-1237 W Lake St, Chicago 60607
Is Macello Ristorante clean?
Macello Ristorante is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Macello Ristorante?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT DEBRIS ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MULTI USE EQUIPMENT STORED ON FLOOR. INSTD TO ELEVATE 6 INCHES AND INVERT DURING STORAGEUtensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MULTI USE EQUIPMENT STORED ON FLOOR. INSTD TO ELEVATE 6 INCHES AND INVERT DURING STORAGE
When was Macello Ristorante last inspected?
Macello Ristorante has 22 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2024 | — | |
| April 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 1, 2022 | — | |
| November 15, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 20, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2016 | Pass |
Macello Ristorante vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 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 January 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.