Schwa

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 31, 2025 →
• address1466 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Schwa clean?

Schwa is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2025. 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 Schwa?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  No Bare Hand Contact With Rte Food Or A Pre-Approved Alternative Procedure Properly Allowed
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Compliance With Clean Indoor Air Ordinance
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• ⚠️Gloves Used Properly

When was Schwa last inspected?

Schwa has 23 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Schwa vs West Town

West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,250 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓! Green Arch Food Mart
  mid · April 29, 2020
• ? Windy City Mini Market
  cooked · December 9, 2013
• ✓ River West Healthy Eatery
  cooked · June 19, 2013
• ✓ Big Star Mariscos
  cooked · April 29, 2025
• ✓ Jukin ' Pizza
  clean · January 13, 2010
• ✓ Wynwood
  cooked · September 13, 2022

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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