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65 Express
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 18, 2021
- address331 S Franklin St, Chicago 60606
Is 65 Express clean?
65 Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at 65 Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • EMPLOYEES PERSONAL ITEMS STORED ON FOOD SHELVES, INSTRUCTED TO STORE AWAY FROM FOOD PREP AREAS.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • EMPLOYEES PERSONAL ITEMS STORED ON FOOD SHELVES, INSTRUCTED TO STORE AWAY FROM FOOD PREP AREAS.
When was 65 Express last inspected?
65 Express has 8 inspections on record going back to March 8, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| May 18, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 21, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 4, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2018 | Fail |
65 Express vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.
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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 May 18, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.