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Zizi's Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 27, 2025
- address2825 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Zizi's Cafe clean?
Zizi's Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Zizi's Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSREVED NO THERMOMETER PRESENT IN THE THREE (3) DOOR GLASS COOLER LOCATED IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER TO MEASURE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF COOLER. PLACED IN COOLER BY END OF INSPECTION.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORING BEHIND THE FRYER VERTICAL ROTISSERIE TO BE HEAVILY SOILED WITH BLACK DEBRIS AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FREE OF EXCESSIVE TRASH AND GREASE BUILD UP. • OBSERVED MOPS STORED SUBMERGED IN WATER IN MOP BUCKETS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT/HANG ALL MOPS TO ALLOW FOR DRY STORAGE IN BETWEEN USE.
When was Zizi's Cafe last inspected?
Zizi's Cafe has 16 inspections on record going back to April 26, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 22, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 2, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 25, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2015 | Pass |
Zizi's Cafe vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 June 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.