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Pilsen Senior Center
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 28, 2025
- address2021 S Morgan St, Chicago 60608
- cuisineGolden Diner
Is Pilsen Senior Center clean?
Pilsen Senior Center is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 28, 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 Pilsen Senior Center?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalHands Clean & Properly Washed • POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES: FOOD HANDLERS, PUTTING ON HAIR NETS, TOUCHING CELL PHONES, PUTTING ON GLOVES WITHOUT PROPERLY WASHING HANDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY WASHING HANDS WHEN MULTI-TASKING, TOUCHING BODY, CELLPHONE, PUTTING ON GLOVES, ETC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED • FOOD HANDLER WASHING HANDS AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY WASH HANDS AT THE DESIGNATED HAND WASHING SINK. MAINTAIN SAME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • THE REAR EXIT DOOR HAS 1/4" GAP UNDERNEATH MAKING IT NOT RODENT/INSECT PROOFED. INSTRUCTED TO COVER GAP TO RODENT/INSECT PROOF THE DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Pilsen Senior Center last inspected?
Pilsen Senior Center has 16 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 25, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 14, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2021 | Fail | |
| October 8, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 9, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2015 | Pass |
Pilsen Senior Center vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.