Cooked?
Northside Grill
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 21, 2026
- address4351 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60641
Is Northside Grill clean?
Northside Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Northside Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • FOUND READY TO EAT TCS FOODS IN REFRIGERATOR NOT DATE MARKED SUCH AS COOKED RICE, COOKED SAUSAGE, ETC. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL READY TO EAT TCS FOODS HELD FOR 24 HOURS MUST BE PROPERLY DATE MARKED WITH THE DATE THE FOOD WILL BE SOLD, DISCARDED OR CONSUMED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE COOLER WITH FOOD STORED INSIDE PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS INSIDE APPROVED FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED RESIDUE ON INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS IN UTILITY AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Northside Grill last inspected?
Northside Grill has 16 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 9, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 12, 2019 | Fail | |
| December 29, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 2, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 24, 2017 | Fail |
Northside Grill vs Irving Park
Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.
Other spots in Irving Park
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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.