Big Salem

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 16, 2024 →
• address1724 E 71St St, Chicago 60649
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Big Salem clean?

Big Salem is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 16, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Big Salem?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Big Salem last inspected?

Big Salem has 14 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Big Salem vs Woodlawn

Woodlawn runs 72% clean across 89 tracked restaurants — 63 clean, 18 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 89 spots Cooked tracks in Woodlawn, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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.

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 December 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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