Checkers

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 23, 2023
• address11449 S Halsted St, Chicago 60628

Is Checkers clean?

Checkers is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 23, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Checkers?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND DRYING PROVISION IN THE EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM AND AT ONE OF THE HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED MUST KEEP ALL HANDWASHING SINKS EQUIPPED WITH A HAND DRYING PROVISION AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE SHELVING UNITS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WITH SLIGHT DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID SHELVING UNITS.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED THE OUTDOOR WASTE OIL CONTAINER NOT MAINTAINED, EXCESS WASTE OIL ON LID AND THE OPENING OF THE RECEPTACLE AND THE LID OPEN AND UNABLE TO CLOSE DUE TO DEBRIS INSIDE THE RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN GREASE CONTAINER AND SURROUNDINGS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-020(B), CITATION ISSUED
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED THE OUTDOOR WASTE OIL CONTAINER NOT MAINTAINED, EXCESS WASTE OIL ON LID AND THE OPENING OF THE RECEPTACLE AND THE LID OPEN AND UNABLE TO CLOSE DUE TO DEBRIS INSIDE THE RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN GREASE CONTAINER AND SURROUNDINGS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-020(B), CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS RE-TAKE THE FOOD HANDLER COURSE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS RE-TAKE THE FOOD HANDLER COURSE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Checkers last inspected?

Checkers has 9 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2019.

Checkers vs West Pullman

West Pullman runs 61% clean across 214 tracked restaurants — 128 clean, 37 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 214 spots Cooked tracks in West Pullman, this one comes out cleaner than 17% of them.

Other spots in West Pullman

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  mid · June 26, 2020
• ✓ Best Choice Food Mart
  clean · March 5, 2020
• ✓ Smokey Zo's
  clean · March 18, 2020
• ✓ O & I Market
  clean · September 23, 2020
• ✓ Gourmet Deli & Subs
  clean · February 17, 2026
• ✓! Moritas Tacos Inc.
  mid · April 21, 2022

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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 January 23, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.