Polish Bistro

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 18, 2026
• address8301-8303 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60634

Is Polish Bistro clean?

Polish Bistro is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Polish Bistro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • 2-101.11 NO PERSON IN CHARGE ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A PERSON IN CHARGE ON SITE DURING INSPECTION AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-101.11 NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED(CHICKEN, BEEF). INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11--OBSERVED DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON FLOOR AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13--OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.

When was Polish Bistro last inspected?

Polish Bistro has 25 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Polish Bistro vs Dunning

Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.

Other spots in Dunning

• ✓ Palermo Calcio Cafe
  clean · January 17, 2012
• ✕ Good Foods Group
  cooked · February 6, 2012
• ✓ Cassianas
  clean · January 30, 2012
• ✓ Kfc
  clean · November 18, 2016
• ✓! Caponies Trattoria
  mid · August 3, 2018
• ✓ Palese Cafe
  clean · September 23, 2016

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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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.