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Moe's Cantina
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 24, 2025
- address3518-3522 N Clark St, Chicago 60657
Is Moe's Cantina clean?
Moe's Cantina is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Moe's Cantina?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR HAND WASHING SINKS IN ALL EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS AND ALL CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEE'S WASHROOMS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKING FAUCET BASE AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK LOCATED IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP INSIDE LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT BEHIND BAR ON THE ROOF TOP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Moe's Cantina last inspected?
Moe's Cantina has 14 inspections on record going back to April 18, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2022 | — | |
| June 25, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 14, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 7, 2017 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2015 | Fail |
Moe's Cantina vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 October 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.