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
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

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 76% clean across 85 tracked restaurants — 64 clean, 18 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 85 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.

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• ✓ Monastero's Ristorante
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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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

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