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Restaurant health inspection grades in Illinois

GradeLocal lists 9,897 Illinois restaurants. Their average score is 90.0, an A. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

9,897restaurants listed
90.0 · Aaverage score
90counties covered
Oct 9, 2026latest inspection date

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Who inspects restaurants in Illinois

Chicago: Chicago Department of Public Health, with results of Pass, Pass with Conditions or Fail. Champaign County: Champaign-Urbana Public Health District placard results. The rest of the state: Illinois Department of Public Health, which reports In or Out of compliance. Suburban Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will and Kane counties have fewer records so far.

Coverage: Statewide, 90 of 102 counties. All sources

What Illinois publishes

The agencies behind our Illinois listings publish pass or fail results. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Illinois score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How GradeLocal grades Illinois restaurants

For pass or fail results, a pass is an A, a pass with conditions or a required reinspection is a C, and a fail or a closure is a D.

Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50.

There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.

How grades work has the full rules.

Most common official results in our Illinois data, and the letter each became
Official resultLetterListings
PassA6,085
Pass w/ ConditionsC1,763
InA1,646
GreenA201
FailD155
OutD47

How Illinois restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 9,897 listings.

A
7,932
80.1% · grade A
B
0
0.0% · grade B
C
1,763
17.8% · grade C
D
202
2.0% · grade D

Inspection dates in our Illinois data run from Jan 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026. 6,345 of the 9,897 listings (64.1%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in Illinois

Every A-grade place in our Illinois data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.

  1. A
    Fuerza VitalChicagoGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 9, 2026
  2. A
    Simply Soups Salads & SandwichesChicagoGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 9, 2026
  3. A
    Conway Import CompanyAddison Franklin ParkGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  4. A
    Cook, John F.MorrisonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  5. A
    Erbsen, Kenneth and KevinLanarkGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  6. A
    La Quinta Inn and Suites Chicago DowntownChicagoGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  7. A
    Mash Family FarmsMorrisonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  8. A
    Nigerian Kitchen IncorporatedChicagoGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  9. A
    Austin Empowerment CoalitionChicagoGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 7, 2026
  10. A
    Becker, Wayne or Kathy & David or HeatherMt. CarrollGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 7, 2026

A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.

Counties in Illinois

Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.

CountyRestaurantsAverage
Adams County2595.0 · A
Bond County2092.8 · A
Boone County3591.1 · A
Brown County995.0 · A
Bureau County495.0 · A
Calhoun County195.0 · A
Carroll County1295.0 · A
Cass County195.0 · A
Champaign County20195.0 · A
Christian County595.0 · A
Clay County395.0 · A
Clinton County14095.0 · A
Coles County595.0 · A
Cook County8,13989.1 · B
Crawford County195.0 · A
Cumberland County695.0 · A
De Witt County195.0 · A
DeKalb County6893.7 · A
Douglas County2693.3 · A
DuPage County8895.0 · A
Edgar County195.0 · A
Edwards County295.0 · A
Effingham County2295.0 · A
Fayette County1095.0 · A
Ford County6495.0 · A
Franklin County695.0 · A
Fulton County895.0 · A
Greene County195.0 · A
Grundy County495.0 · A
Hamilton County195.0 · A
Hancock County495.0 · A
Henry County395.0 · A
Iroquois County595.0 · A
Jackson County2593.2 · A
Jasper County1695.0 · A
Jefferson County395.0 · A
Jersey County295.0 · A
Jo Daviess County4395.0 · A
Kane County4795.0 · A
Kankakee County995.0 · A
Kendall County495.0 · A
Knox County1495.0 · A
Lake County4491.9 · A
LaSalle County2695.0 · A
Lawrence County395.0 · A
Lee County895.0 · A
Livingston County995.0 · A
Logan County795.0 · A
Macon County295.0 · A
Macoupin County3693.8 · A
Madison County3395.0 · A
Marion County195.0 · A
Marshall County495.0 · A
McDonough County380.0 · B
McHenry County3493.7 · A
McLean County1695.0 · A
Menard County195.0 · A
Mercer County295.0 · A
Monroe County295.0 · A
Montgomery County695.0 · A
Morgan County380.0 · B
Moultrie County1095.0 · A
Ogle County1895.0 · A
Peoria County4691.1 · A
Perry County495.0 · A
Piatt County895.0 · A
Pike County380.0 · B
Putnam County195.0 · A
Randolph County795.0 · A
Richland County2793.3 · A
Rock Island County3293.6 · A
Saline County395.0 · A
Sangamon County1395.0 · A
Shelby County595.0 · A
St. Clair County2290.9 · A
Stark County195.0 · A
Stephenson County10793.3 · A
Tazewell County4495.0 · A
Union County195.0 · A
Vermilion County595.0 · A
Wabash County195.0 · A
Warren County595.0 · A
Washington County2290.9 · A
Wayne County495.0 · A
White County195.0 · A
Whiteside County1692.2 · A
Will County8595.0 · A
Williamson County472.5 · C
Winnebago County6492.9 · A
Woodford County1495.0 · A

Questions about Illinois grades

Who inspects restaurants in Illinois?

Chicago: Chicago Department of Public Health, with results of Pass, Pass with Conditions or Fail. Champaign County: Champaign-Urbana Public Health District placard results. The rest of the state: Illinois Department of Public Health, which reports In or Out of compliance. Suburban Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will and Kane counties have fewer records so far.

What does Illinois publish: a score, a letter or something else?

The agencies behind our Illinois listings publish pass or fail results. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Illinois score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in Illinois?

For pass or fail results, a pass is an A, a pass with conditions or a required reinspection is a C, and a fail or a closure is a D. Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50. We always use the latest inspection.

How many Illinois restaurants are on GradeLocal?

9,897 restaurants in 90 counties. The average score is 90.0, an A. 80.1% have an A.

How current are the Illinois grades?

Inspection dates in our Illinois data run from Jan 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.

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