Sipping Turtle Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 31, 2026 →
• address2959 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Sipping Turtle Cafe clean?

Sipping Turtle Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 31, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sipping Turtle Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 31, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🛠️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

When was Sipping Turtle Cafe last inspected?

Sipping Turtle Cafe has 12 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2019.

Sipping Turtle Cafe vs Avondale

Avondale runs 82% clean across 345 tracked restaurants — 280 clean, 57 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 345 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.

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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 March 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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