Cooked?
Chemistry
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 13, 2026
- address5115-5121 S Harper Ave, Chicago 60615
Is Chemistry clean?
Chemistry is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chemistry?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • NOTED THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
When was Chemistry last inspected?
Chemistry has 18 inspections on record going back to September 28, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2026 | — | |
| June 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2025 | — | |
| May 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2024 | — | |
| April 8, 2024 | — | |
| December 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 24, 2023 | Pass |
Chemistry vs Kenwood
Kenwood runs 70% clean across 71 tracked restaurants — 50 clean, 17 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 71 spots Cooked tracks in Kenwood, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.