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The Little Meatball
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2021
- address2364 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614
Is The Little Meatball clean?
The Little Meatball is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2021. 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 Little Meatball?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
When was The Little Meatball last inspected?
The Little Meatball has 5 inspections on record going back to November 27, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 4, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| March 25, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 28, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 27, 2018 | Fail |
The Little Meatball vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 25, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.