Spoken Chicago

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 21, 2026
• address1812 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60613

Is Spoken Chicago clean?

Spoken Chicago is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Spoken Chicago?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • OBSERVED NO CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN ON THE PREMISES FOR REDUCED OXYGEN PACKAGING OF TCS FOODS SUCH AS TURKEY, CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN BEFORE VACUUM PACKAGING TCS FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • SEE VIOLATION #29.
  Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • SEE VIOLATION #29.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE PROVIDED ON THE WASHROOM DOOR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE PROVIDED ON THE WASHROOM DOOR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SEVERAL AREA OF CHIPPED PAINT ON THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREAS IN THE 1ST FLOOR AND BASEMENT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO SCRAPE AND REPAINT AREAS OF CHIPPED PAINT OR COVER WITH A CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MISSING A FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MISSING A FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Spoken Chicago last inspected?

Spoken Chicago has 22 inspections on record going back to August 6, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Spoken Chicago vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

Other spots in North Center

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  mid · January 16, 2019
• ✓ Vosges
  clean · September 3, 2013
• ✓ Rapidito
  clean · December 21, 2017
• ✓! Celtica Gifts
  mid · May 12, 2020
• ✓ Fennel & Iris
  clean · November 21, 2019
• ✓ Vrai Amour
  clean · January 16, 2014

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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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.