Pippins Tavern

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 8, 2025 →
• address39 E Chicago Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Pippins Tavern clean?

Pippins Tavern is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 8, 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 Pippins Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips

When was Pippins Tavern last inspected?

Pippins Tavern has 9 inspections on record going back to September 30, 2021.

Pippins Tavern vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 85% clean across 1,813 tracked restaurants — 1,534 clean, 250 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,813 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

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  clean · November 9, 2021
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  clean · April 13, 2026
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  clean · January 14, 2022
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• ✓ Scoops Dessert Bar Llc
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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 December 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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