Stanley's

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 6, 2025
• address4258 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60609

Is Stanley's clean?

Stanley's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 6, 2025. 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 Stanley's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON BAR TOP AND REAR PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED TO STORE INSIDE SANITIZING SOLUTION AT LEAST 50 PPM WHILE NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PLATES, SOUP BOWLS AND CUPS STORED IMPROPERLY ON SHELVES OF STORAGE SPACE. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PLATES, SOUP BOWLS AND CUPS STORED IMPROPERLY ON SHELVES OF STORAGE SPACE. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED SHELVING UNITS INSIDE CLOSET IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS IN PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING AROUND COOLING UNITS AND TABLE IN SAID AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN PREP. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN PREP. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TO OBTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED.

When was Stanley's last inspected?

Stanley's has 18 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Stanley's vs New City

New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.

Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 65% of them.

Other spots in New City

• ✓ Stanley's
  clean · March 26, 2013
• ✓ Restaurante Y Taqueria Guerrero
  clean · May 11, 2026
• ✓ K & K Food & Liquur
  clean · January 10, 2013
• ✓ K & K Food & Liquur
  clean · January 10, 2013
• ✓ Taqueria La Ciudad
  cooked · August 9, 2016
• ✓ E & J Food & Liquors
  cooked · July 1, 2011

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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 August 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.