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
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean

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 80% clean across 211 tracked restaurants — 168 clean, 36 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 211 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.

Other spots in Hyde Park

• ✓ Snail Thai Cuisine
  clean · August 27, 2026
• ✓ Visanu Thai 55, Inc.
  clean · December 11, 2025
• ✓ Potbelly Sandwich Works # 102
  cooked · October 6, 2015
• ✓ Dunkin Donuts
  cooked · June 30, 2011
• ? Subway
  cooked · March 4, 2021
• ✓ Harold's Chicken Shack
  clean · October 15, 2015

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

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