Cooked?
Tropicuba
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 17, 2026
- address5606 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60634
Is Tropicuba clean?
Tropicuba is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tropicuba?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Tropicuba last inspected?
Tropicuba has 9 inspections on record going back to September 2, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 8, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 2, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Tropicuba vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.