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Salonica Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 24, 2025
- address1438-1440 E 57Th St, Chicago 60637
Is Salonica Restaurant clean?
Salonica Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Salonica Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED SOME FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN BASEMENT AREA NOT LABELED AS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTED TO LABEL CONTAINERS WITH NAME OF PRODUCT INSIDE OF CONTAINER AND MAINTAIN.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED ONE FRYER IN KITCHEN MISSING A DOOR AT THE BOTTOM AREA; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE DOOR WHERE NEEDED.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE CAN OPENER BLADE AT THE PREP TABLE IN THE BASEMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING; CLEAN CAN OPENER BLADE. OBSERVED THE POTATO DICER ON THE WALL IN THE BASEMENT PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN POTATO DICER. OBSERVED GREASE UNDER THE GRILL IN KITCHEN AND ON EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN WHERE NEEDED AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE WALLS BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INSIDE OF THE LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE KITCHEN WHERE NEEDED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN WHERE NEEDED. • OBSERVED THE FLOOR IN THE PRODUCE WALK IN COOLER IN THE BASEMENT RUSTED AND IN POOR REPAIR; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE FLOOR.
When was Salonica Restaurant last inspected?
Salonica Restaurant has 23 inspections on record going back to October 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| February 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 14, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2020 | Fail | |
| April 2, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 1, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2018 | Pass |
Salonica Restaurant vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, 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 February 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.