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Steve's Bite
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 5, 2026
- address80 E Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616
Is Steve's Bite clean?
Steve's Bite is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Steve's Bite?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED GREASE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRYERS; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR FOOD HANDLER; INSTRUCTED TO HAVE FOOD HANDLER OBTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR FOOD HANDLER; INSTRUCTED TO HAVE FOOD HANDLER OBTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • DUE TO RISK ASSESSMENT CHANGING; INSTRUCTED THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.
When was Steve's Bite last inspected?
Steve's Bite has 11 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 28, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 20, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 29, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2017 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2017 | — |
Steve's Bite vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 50% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 232 clean, 49 mid, 185 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 52% 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 March 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.