Ain't She Sweet Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 1, 2026 →
• address526 E 43Rd St, Chicago 60653

Is Ain't She Sweet Cafe clean?

Ain't She Sweet Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Ain't She Sweet Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures

When was Ain't She Sweet Cafe last inspected?

Ain't She Sweet Cafe has 10 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2019.

Ain't She Sweet Cafe vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 79% clean across 123 tracked restaurants — 96 clean, 22 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 123 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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