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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 enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • NOTED IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURES OF THE FOLLOWING TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD ITEMS INSIDE THE TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR. IMPROPER: CHICKEN 50.1 F TO 52.5 F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 25 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $300.00. THROUGH THE DENATURING PROCESS. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2019 | Pass |
Ain't She Sweet Cafe vs Grand Boulevard
Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.
Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.