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Valerio's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 6, 2026
- address5033 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60630
- cuisineBakery
Is Valerio's clean?
Valerio's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Valerio's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 4-901.12 OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHES ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO ENSURE WIPING CLOTHES ARE STORED IN SANITIZER SOLUTION
When was Valerio's last inspected?
Valerio's has 19 inspections on record going back to November 9, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 31, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 14, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2020 | Fail |
Valerio's vs Albany Park
Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.
Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 February 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.