Cooked?
West River Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 29, 2025
- address4400 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60625
Is West River Cafe clean?
West River Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 29, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at West River Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was West River Cafe last inspected?
West River Cafe has 32 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| October 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 24, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2021 | Pass |
West River Cafe vs Irving Park
Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.