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The New Valois Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 21, 2026
- address1518 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615
Is The New Valois Restaurant clean?
The New Valois Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The New Valois Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR LIP OF THE ICE MACHINE.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN WORKING THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLERS,PREP COOLERS AND HOT HOLDING UNITS TO MONITOR TEMPERATURES.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR SHELVING OF THE WALK IN COOLERS AND PREP COOLERS. MUST REMOVE SPILLS AND/OR DEBRIS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS DIRTY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: FRONT PREP AREA BETWEEN THE LINES SERVICE WINDOW AND IN THE PREP AREA. ALSO CLEAN THE WALLS AND CEILING IN THE WALK IN COOLERS. NOTED FLOOR DRAINS DIRTY IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT POSSIBLE BREEDING PLACE FOR PESTS.
When was The New Valois Restaurant last inspected?
The New Valois Restaurant has 33 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 4, 2018 | Fail |
The New Valois Restaurant vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 April 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.