Benjyehuda

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 4, 2026
• address500 W Madison St, Chicago 60661

Is Benjyehuda clean?

Benjyehuda is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Benjyehuda?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED CHICKEN IN THE UPRIGHT WARMER BETWEEN 114.0F AND 129.0F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO DENATURE AND DISCARD CHICKEN AT IMPROPER HOT-HOLDING TEMPERATURES AND MAINTAIN ALL TCS FOOD ITEMS AT 135.0F OR ABOVE FOR HOT-HOLDING. APPROXIMATELY 5 LBS. OF FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $40.00 ON-SITE. PERSON-IN-CHARGE DENATURED AND DISCARDED LISTED TCS FOOD ITEM(S) ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPER COLD-HOLDING TEMPERATURES AT THE CENTRAL LINE COOLER: HUMMUS BETWEEN 47.0F AND 50.0F, COOKED CORN AT 46.6F, CUT TOMATOES AT 49.5F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO DENATURE AND DISCARD LISTED TCS FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPER COLD-HOLDING TEMPERATURES AND MAINTAIN ALL TCS FOOD ITEMS AT 41.0F OR BELOW FOR COLD-HOLDING. APPROXIMATELY 15 LBS. OF FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $80.00 ON-SITE. PERSON-IN-CHARGE DENATURED AND DISCARDED LISTED TCS FOOD ITEM(S) ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION COMBINED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE PLASTIC PRE-PACKAGED FOOD (HUMMUS, CORN) CONTAINERS BEING WASHED, RINSED, SANITIZED, AND RE-USED FOR FOOD STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO CEASE USE OF RE-USED SINGLE-SERVICE CONTAINERS FOR FOOD STORAGE AND REPLACE WITH MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR REPEATED WAREWASHING AND MAINTAIN.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE PLASTIC PRE-PACKAGED FOOD (HUMMUS, CORN) CONTAINERS BEING WASHED, RINSED, SANITIZED, AND RE-USED FOR FOOD STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO CEASE USE OF RE-USED SINGLE-SERVICE CONTAINERS FOR FOOD STORAGE AND REPLACE WITH MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR REPEATED WAREWASHING AND MAINTAIN.

When was Benjyehuda last inspected?

Benjyehuda has 14 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Benjyehuda 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 23% 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 June 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.