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Sal's Trattoria
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2025
- address2834 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Sal's Trattoria clean?
Sal's Trattoria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sal's Trattoria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS IN THE UNISEX WASHROOMS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE UPPER PORTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DISHWASHING AREA WITH LOW FLOOR REGROUT. MUST REGROUT FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN FACILITY IN A GOOD REPAIR.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BURN OUT LIGHT BULB ABOVE PREP TABLES IN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA AND ABOVE ICE MACHINE IN BASEMENT. MUST REPLACE BURN OUT LIGHT BULBS AND MAINTAIN INTENSITY LIGHTING.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BURN OUT LIGHT BULB ABOVE PREP TABLES IN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA AND ABOVE ICE MACHINE IN BASEMENT. MUST REPLACE BURN OUT LIGHT BULBS AND MAINTAIN INTENSITY LIGHTING.
When was Sal's Trattoria last inspected?
Sal's Trattoria has 14 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 8, 2025 | — | |
| July 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2024 | — | |
| August 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2023 | — | |
| September 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2022 | — | |
| March 4, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 22, 2021 | — | |
| August 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 31, 2019 | — |
Sal's Trattoria vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 July 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.