Pho Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 18, 2026
• address232 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616

Is Pho Cafe clean?

Pho Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pho Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED WORN DOOR SWEEPS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR EXIT DOOR AND THE REAR OUTER EXIT DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BOTH DOOR SWEEPS TO AVOID POSSIBLE RODENT ENTRY.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE BOTTOM AREA OF THE FRYER AND AREA UNDER COOKING BURNERS NEXT TO THE FRYER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO SELF CLOSING DEVICES ON THE WASHROOM DOORS; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL ON BOTH DOORS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO SELF CLOSING DEVICES ON THE WASHROOM DOORS; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL ON BOTH DOORS.

When was Pho Cafe last inspected?

Pho Cafe has 12 inspections on record going back to March 7, 2018.

Pho Cafe vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.