Spice & Flavor

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 4, 2026
• address5500 N St Louis Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Spice & Flavor clean?

Spice & Flavor is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 4, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Spice & Flavor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED METERED FAUCET SHUTTING OFF QUICKLY ONCE ACTIVATED. INSTRUCTED MANGEMENT TO ADJUST FAUCET TO PROVIDE RUNNING WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 SECONDS TO ALLOW FOR PROPER HANDWASHING.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • MUST CLEAN PINK RESIDUE FROM THE EDGE OF PANEL IN THE ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE AN AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLER AND SANDWICH PREP COOLER.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REMOVE ALUMINUM FOIL FROM SHELVING UNITS IN THE GRILL AREA OR REPLACE WITH A MATERIAL THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST DEFROST AND CLEAN HEAVY ICE BUILD UP IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER UNDER FANS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REMOVE AND CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS FROM THE FLOORS IN THE PRODUCE WALK-IN COOLER. • MUST REMOVE ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT (COOLERS, ETC.) THAT IS NO LONGER NECCESSARY TO THE DAILY OPERATION OF THE FACILTY.

When was Spice & Flavor last inspected?

Spice & Flavor has 1 inspection on record going back to May 4, 2026.

Spice & Flavor vs North Park

North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.

Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 39% of them.

Other spots in North Park

• ✓ Sauganash Grill
  clean · July 16, 2026
• ✓ Edens # 2 Inc
  clean · March 8, 2012
• ✓ North Park Cafeteria Inc
  clean · August 30, 2010
• ✓ Mee Mah
  clean · September 6, 2023
• ✓ Monastero's Ristorante
  clean · May 2, 2017
• ✓! Gina's Banquet Hall
  mid · April 25, 2017

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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 May 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.