26 Discount

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 15, 2026
• address4043 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is 26 Discount clean?

26 Discount is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 15, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at 26 Discount?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN AT HANDWASHING SINK. HANDWASHING SIGNS MUST BE PROVIDED AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN SALES AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN SALES AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD ON BOTTOM SHELVES OF DISPLAY COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD FROM COOLERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOILED CARPET AND UNFINISHED FLOORS IN SALES AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE SOILED CARPET AND MAKE ALL FLOORS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was 26 Discount last inspected?

26 Discount has 1 inspection on record going back to July 15, 2026.

26 Discount vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in South Lawndale

• ✓ Panaderia Le Paris
  clean · March 25, 2026
• ✓ Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins
  clean · December 17, 2024
• ? La Guadalupana
  cooked · December 4, 2015
• ✓ Birdie Pak Products Inc
  clean · December 15, 2014
• ✓ Yolanda's Restaurant
  clean · June 27, 2023
• ? El Progresso Inc
  cooked · September 6, 2012

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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 July 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.