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Podhalanka Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 12, 2024
- address1549 W Division St, Chicago 60642
Is Podhalanka Restaurant clean?
Podhalanka Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 12, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Podhalanka Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE STOVETOPS AND EXTERIOR OF THE GREASE TRAP.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA. CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE FOOD PREP AREA.
When was Podhalanka Restaurant last inspected?
Podhalanka Restaurant has 15 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 7, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| June 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2014 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2013 | Pass |
Podhalanka Restaurant vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.