The Albert

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 30, 2025
• address228 E Ontario St, Chicago 60611

Is The Albert clean?

The Albert is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 30, 2025. 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 The Albert?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HAND WASHING BLOCKED BY SANITIZER BUCKETS STORED IN HAND WASHING SINKS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE HAND WASHING SINKS ARE USED FOR HAND WASHING ONLY AND NOT STORAGE. MANAGER REMOVED BUCKETS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED DISH MACHINE AT BAR PROVIDING A FINAL CHLORINE SANITIZER CONCENTRATION OF 0PPM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE FINAL CHLORINE SANITIZER CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST 50 PPM IS PROVIDED. TECHNICIAN ON SITE REPAIRED DISH MACHINE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED LARGE KETTLE WHICH CANNOT BE MOVED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CREATE WRITTEN CLEAN IN PLACE PROCEEDURE.

When was The Albert last inspected?

The Albert has 14 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Albert vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ The Albert
  clean · April 25, 2017
• ✓ The Albert
  clean · April 25, 2017
• ✓ The Albert
  clean · April 25, 2017
• ✓ The Albert
  clean · April 25, 2017
• ✓ Studio Iii
  cooked · November 30, 2016
• ✓! Jets Pizza
  cooked · February 13, 2024

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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 October 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.