Trattoria La Bella

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 12, 2025
• address120 W Monroe St, Chicago 60603

Is Trattoria La Bella clean?

Trattoria La Bella is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 12, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Trattoria La Bella?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19: OBSERVED BOXES STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT NEAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING UNITS TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD AND NONFOOD ITEMS AT LEAST SIX INCHES OFF OF FLOOR FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17: OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLES IN BOTH SECOND FLOOR ALL GENDER WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED COVERED RECEPTACLES IN BOTH SECOND FLOOR ALL GENDER WASHROOMS FOR SANITARY PRODUCTS. • 6-501.19: OBSERVED DOOR FOR ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IN BASEMENT NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON BASEMENT ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM DOOR SO THAT WASHROOM DOOR IS SELF CLOSING AND TIGHT FITTING.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17: OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLES IN BOTH SECOND FLOOR ALL GENDER WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED COVERED RECEPTACLES IN BOTH SECOND FLOOR ALL GENDER WASHROOMS FOR SANITARY PRODUCTS. • 6-501.19: OBSERVED DOOR FOR ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IN BASEMENT NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON BASEMENT ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM DOOR SO THAT WASHROOM DOOR IS SELF CLOSING AND TIGHT FITTING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11: OBSERVED MISSING GROUT IN BETWEEN FLOOR TILES IN DISHWASHING AREA NEAR HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE AND RINSE SINK WITH SPRAYER. INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REPLACE MISSING GROUT IN BETWEEN FLOOR TILES IN DISHWASHING AREA NEAR HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE AND RINSE SINK WITH SPRAYER FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14: OBSERVED DUST ON CEILING TILES IN DISHWASHING AREA WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN CEILING TILES IN FIRST FLOOR DISHWASHING AREA WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14: OBSERVED DUST ON CEILING TILES IN DISHWASHING AREA WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN CEILING TILES IN FIRST FLOOR DISHWASHING AREA WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13: NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING PROVIDED FOR THREE EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATES.

When was Trattoria La Bella last inspected?

Trattoria La Bella has 7 inspections on record going back to August 11, 2022.

Trattoria La Bella vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 November 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.