Charcoal Delights

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 20, 2025
• address3139 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Charcoal Delights clean?

Charcoal Delights is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 20, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Charcoal Delights?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • NOTED PREPARED TCS FOODS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER NOT DATE LABELED WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE NO LONGER THAN 7 DAYS. TCS FOODS SUCH AS ROAST BEEF, READY TO EAT HAM AND PREPARED DAIRY BASED GYRO SAUCE. NO LABELS NOTED ON ANY FOODS. REVIEWED DATE LABEL REQUIREMENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS SHELVING INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER AND THROUGHOUT.FLOORS MUST BE ACCESSIBLE FOR CLEANING AND MONITORING AT ALL TIMES.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • REAR PREP TABLE TOP CAN OPENER NOTED WITH EXCESSIVE RUST. MUST REMOVE RUST OR REPLACE. • MUST NOT USE PLASTIC WRAP OR TIN FOIL AS LINER FOR PREP SURFACES. MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • SOILED MOP HEADS MUST BE STORED INVERTED AT THE UTILITY SERVICE SINK.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #2597380 ON 7-12-24 NOT CORRECTED. #36- 4-204.112(B) OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER INSIDE THE HOT HOLDING UNIT LOCATED AT FRONT SERVICE COUNTER.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A VISIBLE,ACCURATE WORKING THERMOMETER AND MAINTAIN. MANAGER PROVIDED DURING THE INSPECTION. #58-: 2-102.13-- OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. ALLERGEN TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #2597380 ON 7-12-24 NOT CORRECTED. #36- 4-204.112(B) OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER INSIDE THE HOT HOLDING UNIT LOCATED AT FRONT SERVICE COUNTER.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A VISIBLE,ACCURATE WORKING THERMOMETER AND MAINTAIN. MANAGER PROVIDED DURING THE INSPECTION. #58-: 2-102.13-- OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. ALLERGEN TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.

When was Charcoal Delights last inspected?

Charcoal Delights has 25 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Charcoal Delights vs North Park

North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.

Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.