Smarty Cup Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 18, 2024 →
• address4944 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60641

Is Smarty Cup Cafe clean?

Smarty Cup Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 18, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Smarty Cup Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices

When was Smarty Cup Cafe last inspected?

Smarty Cup Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to January 18, 2024.

Smarty Cup Cafe vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 76% clean across 369 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 73 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 369 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 January 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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