Small Cheval

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 10, 2026 →
• address1307-1309 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615

Is Small Cheval clean?

Small Cheval is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 10, 2026. 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 Small Cheval?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control

When was Small Cheval last inspected?

Small Cheval has 7 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2022.

Small Cheval vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 80% clean across 211 tracked restaurants — 168 clean, 36 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 211 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.

Other spots in Hyde Park

• ✓ Small Cheval
  clean · July 15, 2022
• ✓ Small Cheval
  clean · July 15, 2022
• ✓! Fairgrounds
  mid · November 6, 2024
• ✓ Jet's Pizza
  clean · January 13, 2025
• ✓ Cajun Boil & Shake
  cooked · August 26, 2024
• ✓ Cajun Boil & Shake
  clean · April 4, 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.

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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 August 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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