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Ponce Place
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 25, 2025
- address3612 W North Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Ponce Place clean?
Ponce Place is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 25, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ponce Place?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-202.16: **C** Nonfood-Contact Surfaces OBSERVED RUSTED STORAGE RACKS IN WALK IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13: NonFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES of EQUIPMENT shall be cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues. OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11: **C** Mechanical- Ventilation FOUND LARGE 1 BURNER STOVE NOT UNDER EXHAUST HOOD.MUST REMOVE OR RELOCATE UNDER HOOD.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11: **C** Mechanical- Ventilation FOUND LARGE 1 BURNER STOVE NOT UNDER EXHAUST HOOD.MUST REMOVE OR RELOCATE UNDER HOOD.
When was Ponce Place last inspected?
Ponce Place has 28 inspections on record going back to February 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 1, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 4, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 18, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 17, 2020 | Fail |
Ponce Place vs Humboldt Park
Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.
Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 November 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.