Cooked?
Pinched
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address443 E Illinois St, Chicago 60611
Is Pinched clean?
Pinched is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pinched?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Pinched last inspected?
Pinched has 11 inspections on record going back to August 21, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 4, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 19, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 20, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 21, 2018 | — |
Pinched vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.