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Austin Empowerment Coalition
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 14, 2026
- address1256 N Waller Ave, Chicago 60651
- cuisineShared Kitchen
Is Austin Empowerment Coalition clean?
Austin Empowerment Coalition is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Austin Empowerment Coalition?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE ON THE WOMEN WASHROOM DOOR.INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE ON SAID WASHROOM DOOR AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE ON THE WOMEN WASHROOM DOOR.INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE ON SAID WASHROOM DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNUSED BROKEN STOVE STORED ON CORNER NEAR THE SIDE EXIT DOOR.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE SAID STOVE DUE TO POTENTIAL PEST HARBORAGE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED OPENING ON WALL WITH EXPOSED ELECTRIC WIRING NEXT TO THE KITCHEN EXHAUST HOOD.INSTRUCTED TO SEAL/COVER OPENING AND MAINTAIN.
When was Austin Empowerment Coalition last inspected?
Austin Empowerment Coalition has 10 inspections on record going back to November 8, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 23, 2025 | — | |
| December 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2024 | — | |
| December 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2023 | — | |
| November 21, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 8, 2022 | Pass |
Austin Empowerment Coalition vs Austin
Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.
Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 April 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.