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Motherland Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 3, 2026
- address5008 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Motherland Cafe clean?
Motherland Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Motherland Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Motherland Cafe last inspected?
Motherland Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 4, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 15, 2024 | — | |
| June 18, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 10, 2024 | Fail |
Motherland Cafe vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 March 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.