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Pilot Project
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 29, 2025
- address2140 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Pilot Project clean?
Pilot Project is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Pilot Project?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( deli meat, Hummus...) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • Low temp dish washing machine not sanitizing at final rinse, 0ppm of Chlorine obtained on final rinse. Instructed to provide proper sanitizer concertation, Priority violation 7-38-025.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • Bulk food container not labeled ( salt ) instructed to label and maintain.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Dust build-up noted on electric conduits and wall above food prep and dish washing facilities, instructed to clean and maintain.
When was Pilot Project last inspected?
Pilot Project has 9 inspections on record going back to July 11, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 2, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 13, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 20, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 11, 2019 | Fail |
Pilot Project vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 48% 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 October 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.