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.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 10 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Pinched vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 86% clean across 1,812 tracked restaurants — 1,540 clean, 240 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 1,812 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 16% of them.

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  mid · September 6, 2018
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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