Checkers

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 15, 2012
• address5459 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60609

Is Checkers clean?

Checkers is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 15, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Checkers?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INTERIOR BOTTOM OF UNUSED COOLER, INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYERS, AND ALL ATTACHED PIPING OF COOKING EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN EXCESSIVE DEBRIS. CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INTERIOR OF HOOD ABOVE FRYERS WITH GREASE BUILD-UP. CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INTERIOR OF HOOD ABOVE FRYERS WITH GREASE BUILD-UP. CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • PROVIDE FAUCET WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE ABOVE SOFT SERVE MACHINE.

When was Checkers last inspected?

Checkers has 5 inspections on record going back to December 16, 2010.

Checkers 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 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 15, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.