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Candlelight
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 11, 2025
- address1501-1519 N Kingsbury St, Chicago 60642
Is Candlelight clean?
Candlelight is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Candlelight?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Ice scoop placed on a cloth towel on top of ice maker, Instructed not to store on cloth towels.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Ice scoop placed on a cloth towel on top of ice maker, Instructed not to store on cloth towels.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Ice maker interior surfaces not clean, an orange film build-up noted on upper interior panel. Instructed to clean and maintain.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inadequate lighting in walk-in cooler, Instructed to provide additional lighting.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inadequate lighting in walk-in cooler, Instructed to provide additional lighting.
When was Candlelight last inspected?
Candlelight has 4 inspections on record going back to July 6, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 6, 2022 | Fail |
Candlelight vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.