Basant

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 20, 2025 →
• address1939-1943 W Byron St, Chicago 60613

Is Basant clean?

Basant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Basant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Basant last inspected?

Basant has 13 inspections on record going back to December 22, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Basant vs North Center

North Center runs 84% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 408 clean, 73 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 16% of them.

Other spots in North Center

• ✓! Basant
  mid · December 22, 2020
• ✓ Kraken Sushi & Beyond
  clean · August 28, 2025
• ✓ Sinya Mediterranean
  clean · July 21, 2025
• ✓ Parkside
  cooked · July 1, 2021
• ✓ Parkside
  clean · July 1, 2021
• ? General Cab Serv Inc
  cooked · June 22, 2012

See every restaurant inspection in North Center →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 August 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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