Zora

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 3, 2025 →
• address8443-8445 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60656

Is Zora clean?

Zora is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Zora?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Zora last inspected?

Zora has 13 inspections on record going back to February 4, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Zora vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 83% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 118 clean, 24 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 144 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.

Other spots in Norwood Park

• ✓ S & L Enterprises L T D
  cooked · June 13, 2011
• ✓ Hooters
  clean · July 7, 2020
• ✓! Starbucks (1St Floor)
  mid · March 10, 2025
• ✓ Renaissance Chicago O'hare Hotel
  clean · March 26, 2021
• ✓ Renaissance Chicago O'hare Hotel
  clean · March 26, 2021
• ✓ Renaissance Chicago O'hare Hotel
  clean · March 26, 2021

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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