Cooked?October Cafe
clean
Looking clean.
The current published rating reads clean. Keep its inspection date in view.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2026 →
- address5961 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60646
Is October Cafe clean?
October Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at October Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was October Cafe last inspected?
October Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2025.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
The latest two displayed graded visits went from Fail on February 25, 2026 to Pass on March 4, 2026. Both visits are dated snapshots of the record.
March 4, 2026 Pass
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View full inspection →February 25, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →December 8, 2025 Not Ready
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View full inspection →October Cafe vs Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park runs 78% clean across 153 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 28 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 153 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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