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Small Cheval
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 22, 2026
- address1732 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Small Cheval clean?
Small Cheval is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Small Cheval?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B): **C** Temperature Measuring Devices (NO THERMOMETER IN EQUIPMENT) OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLERS INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CONSPICUOUS AND EASILY READABLE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL REFRIGERATOR UNITS TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF EQUIPMENT.
When was Small Cheval last inspected?
Small Cheval has 16 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 1, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 24, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 24, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Small Cheval vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 January 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.