Plein Air

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 18, 2021 →
• address5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago 60637

Is Plein Air clean?

Plein Air is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2021. 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 Plein Air?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Plein Air last inspected?

Plein Air has 1 inspection on record going back to May 18, 2021.

Plein Air vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 80% clean across 211 tracked restaurants — 168 clean, 36 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 211 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

Other spots in Hyde Park

• ✓! Plein Air
  mid · May 18, 2021
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  clean · January 30, 2026
• ✓! Deep Purpl
  mid · July 28, 2025
• ✓ Sweetgreen
  clean · August 5, 2026
• ✓! What's Krackin Southern Seafood
  cooked · August 3, 2021
• ✓ One Small Snack
  cooked · October 4, 2021

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 May 18, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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