Sunny Village Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 4, 2026 →
• address5916-5918 N W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Sunny Village Cafe clean?

Sunny Village Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions 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 mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Sunny Village Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate

When was Sunny Village Cafe last inspected?

Sunny Village Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2024.

Sunny Village Cafe vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 76% clean across 369 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 73 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 369 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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.

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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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