Matcha Cita

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 28, 2026
• address1017 W Lake St, Chicago 60607

Is Matcha Cita clean?

Matcha Cita is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Matcha Cita?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • BOXES OF SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR. INSTD TO ELEVATE 6 INCHES AND MAINTAIN
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • BOXES OF SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR. INSTD TO ELEVATE 6 INCHES AND MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MISSING PROPER STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND PROVIDE SAME
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • MISSING ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER. INSTD TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN SAME

When was Matcha Cita last inspected?

Matcha Cita has 8 inspections on record going back to March 21, 2022.

Matcha Cita 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 30% 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 May 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.