Plenty

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 1, 2026
• address2002 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Plenty clean?

Plenty is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Plenty?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST PROPERLY LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SERVING UTENSILS ON ROLLING CART NEXT TO WOK COOKING STATION NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN SEPARATE CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE AND MAINTAIN.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SERVING UTENSILS ON ROLLING CART NEXT TO WOK COOKING STATION NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN SEPARATE CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RUSTY BOOTOM OF PREP TABLES IN REAR MAIN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST REMOVED RUST, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED TORN RUBBER DOOR GASKET AT THE 2-DOOR TALL REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT OF THE KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR /REOLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE BUILD UP INSIDE UPRIGHT TALL FREEZERS LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST REMOVE ICE BUILD AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DUST ACCUMULATION INSIDE CEILING VENTILATION VENTS ABOVE PREP TABLES IN MAIN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED GREASE AND DIRT BUILD UP ON VENTILATION VENT AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DIRT AND GRESE BUILD UP INSIDE FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AND INSIDE THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Plenty last inspected?

Plenty has 18 inspections on record going back to July 10, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Plenty vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

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• ✓ Chipotle
  clean · June 16, 2026

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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 April 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.