Pochos

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 3, 2026
• address1727 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Pochos clean?

Pochos is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pochos?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN NEED OF PROPER LABELING. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • KNIVES IN USE ON PREP LINE MAY NOT BE STORED BETWEEN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UTENSILS AND STORE IN A PROPER CONTAINER.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • KNIVES IN USE ON PREP LINE MAY NOT BE STORED BETWEEN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UTENSILS AND STORE IN A PROPER CONTAINER.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • HOOD VENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • HOOD VENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Pochos last inspected?

Pochos has 6 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2023.

Pochos vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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 June 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.