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Pick Me Up Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 18, 2025
- address4882 N Clark St, Chicago 60640
Is Pick Me Up Cafe clean?
Pick Me Up Cafe 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 Pick Me Up Cafe?
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 Pick Me Up Cafe last inspected?
Pick Me Up Cafe has 8 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 25, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 9, 2020 | Fail |
Pick Me Up Cafe vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 July 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.