43Rd Food

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 25, 2022
• address246 W 43Rd St, Chicago 60609
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is 43Rd Food clean?

43Rd Food is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 25, 2022. 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 43Rd Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT ON PREMISES; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY ITEMS ON HAND TO CLEAN IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED A LEAK FROM THE PIPE CONNECTED TO THE UTILITY SINK IN WASHROOM; REPAIR LEAK AT PIPE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON WASHROOM DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON DOOR.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON WASHROOM DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON DOOR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FAN COVERS INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER AND THE VENT FAN ON THE CEILING OF THE WASHROOM TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED.

When was 43Rd Food last inspected?

43Rd Food has 1 inspection on record going back to August 25, 2022.

43Rd Food vs Fuller Park

Fuller Park runs 61% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 36 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fuller Park, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

Other spots in Fuller Park

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  clean · November 6, 2025
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  clean · April 21, 2026
• ✓ Bell Heirs Bbq
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• ? La Capital
  cooked · September 27, 2024
• ✓ Phast Food Mart
  clean · May 22, 2023
• ✓ Honey's Hoagies, Inc
  clean · August 23, 2023

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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 August 25, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.