Big Al's Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 7, 2026 →
• address5333 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60632

Is Big Al's Restaurant clean?

Big Al's Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 7, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Big Al's Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Big Al's Restaurant last inspected?

Big Al's Restaurant has 17 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Big Al's Restaurant vs Gage Park

Gage Park runs 81% clean across 207 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 32 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 207 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 August 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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