Checkers / Rally's

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 11, 2025
• address5451 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60609

Is Checkers / Rally's clean?

Checkers / Rally's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 11, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Checkers / Rally's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED COLD HOLD UNIT ON FRONT PREP LINE BEING USED DESPITE BEING TAGGED WITH CDPH HELD FOR INSPECTION TAG. COLD HOLD UNIT MAINTAINING TEMPERATURE OF 65.8F. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR UNIT AND DO NOT PLACE ANY TCS FOODS (SLICED TOMATOES, CHEESE) IN UNIT UNTIL RE-INSPECTION BY CDPH. (ALTERNATIVE COLD HOLD UNIT IN USE AT THIS TIME) PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR IN WALK IN COOLER TO BE DAMAGED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR FLOOR TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANBLE.

When was Checkers / Rally's last inspected?

Checkers / Rally's has 6 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2022.

Checkers / Rally's vs Washington Park

Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 March 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.