• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2025 →
• address1752-1754 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago 60640

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Is Pauline's clean?

Pauline's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pauline's?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Pauline's last inspected?

Pauline's has 22 inspections on record going back to August 26, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pauline's vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 78% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 378 clean, 101 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 July 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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