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Tovala
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 17, 2025
- address815 W Pershing Rd, Chicago 60609
Is Tovala clean?
Tovala is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Tovala?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧪toxic chemicals mishandledCompliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • 8-103.12(B) OUT PF 08/26/2025 OBSERVED FACILITY WITH HACCP PLAN APPROVAL WITHOUT PROOF OF PROCEDURES OF SPECIAL PROCESS (MAP) PREFORMED (BEEF, PASTA, SAUCES) DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE FOR REVIEW AS REQUIRED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
When was Tovala last inspected?
Tovala has 9 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 6, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 8, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 18, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 4, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2018 | — |
Tovala vs Bridgeport
Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.
Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 September 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.