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CleanPlate Chicago — Every Restaurant's Health Inspection Score

CleanPlate Chicago covers 16,000+ Chicago restaurants, bars, and grocers. Every inspection, every violation, every score — pulled weekly from the City of Chicago.

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200,000+
inspections analyzed
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The latest inspection results across Chicago

From the editor · Analysis

Chicago's #1 critical health violation? Soap.

We analyzed 56,605 Chicago food inspections. The most-cited critical violation isn't food temp or pests — it's the handwashing sink, by 1.7×.

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Find clean restaurants near you

See which blocks pass—and which ones don't.Green = safe. Red = skip it.

Green pins indicate passing scores (90+)

Yellow pins indicate conditional passes

Red pins indicate failures or critical violations

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