Chant

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 14, 2026
• address1509 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615

Is Chant clean?

Chant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2026. 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 Chant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 OBSERVED MISSING HANDWASH SIGNAGE AT KITCHEN HANDWASH SINK INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN CONTAINERS IN ALL THE COOLERS, WALK IN COOLER AND DRY STORAGE WITHOUT PROPER LABELING OF NAME. INSTRUCTED TO PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE A LABEL REFLECTING THE FOOD ITEM'S NAME WHEN FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVE FROM ITS ORIGINAL PACKAGING.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 OBSERVED TORN DOOR GASKETS INSIDE OF THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(B) OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON COOKING EQUIPMENT, WALLS, AND CEILING IN THE KITCHEN/PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO DEGREASE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE

When was Chant last inspected?

Chant has 27 inspections on record going back to August 24, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Chant vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.

Other spots in Hyde Park

• ✓ Snail Thai Cuisine
  clean · April 10, 2025
• ✓ Visanu Thai 55, Inc.
  clean · December 11, 2025
• ✓ Potbelly Sandwich Works # 102
  clean · October 6, 2015
• ✓ Dunkin Donuts
  clean · June 30, 2011
• ? Subway
  cooked · March 4, 2021
• ✓ Harold's Chicken Shack
  clean · October 15, 2015

See every restaurant inspection in Hyde Park →

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 January 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.