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Staropolska Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 21, 2025
- address3028-3030 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Staropolska Restaurant clean?
Staropolska Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Staropolska Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyProper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED TCS FOOD ITEMS IN THE REAR AREA WALK-IN COOLER (BREADED CHICKEN) STORED COVERED WITH FOOD-GRADE PLASTIC WRAP WHILE COOLING. INSTRUCTED TO STORE TCS FOOD ITEMS LOOSELY-COVERED OR UNCOVERED (IF PROTECTED FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION) WHILE COOLING TO FACILITATE HEAT TRANSFER AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD EMPLOYEES MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING TO ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE FOR INSPECTOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD EMPLOYEES MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING TO ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE FOR INSPECTOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.
When was Staropolska Restaurant last inspected?
Staropolska Restaurant has 24 inspections on record going back to July 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 2, 2024 | — | |
| May 15, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 1, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 8, 2022 | — | |
| April 19, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 30, 2021 | — | |
| May 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 23, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 16, 2018 | Fail |
Staropolska Restaurant vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.