The Little India Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026
• address1109 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago 60660

Is The Little India Restaurant clean?

The Little India Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Little India Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED MILK AT 44F, CHICKEN AT 44-49F, BAKED POTATOES AT 46F, COOKED SPINACH AT 44F, AND COOKED CHICKPEAS AT 45F. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL COLD TCS FOODS BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER INSIDE OF THE 3-DOOR PREP COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE OF ALL PREP COOLERS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM PHYSICAL CONTAMINANTS. OBSERVED A LONG STRAND OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE HUMAN HAIR MIXED IN WITH PIECES OF FRIED CHICKEN SITTING ON A STORAGE RACK IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROTECT ALL FOODS FROM PHYSICAL CONTAMINANTS AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM PHYSICAL CONTAMINANTS. OBSERVED A LONG STRAND OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE HUMAN HAIR MIXED IN WITH PIECES OF FRIED CHICKEN SITTING ON A STORAGE RACK IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROTECT ALL FOODS FROM PHYSICAL CONTAMINANTS AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE EXTERIOR OF ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS SITTING ON THE WIRE STORAGE SHELVES, INTERIOR OF THE PREP COOLERS, THE TOP OF THE STOVE AND WIRE STORAGE SHELVES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE GREASE BUILDUP ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITH AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE A VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITH AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE A VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH NO VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE A VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.

When was The Little India Restaurant last inspected?

The Little India Restaurant has 23 inspections on record going back to April 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Little India Restaurant vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 January 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.