Chicago Grind

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 25, 2019 →
• address5256 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is Chicago Grind clean?

Chicago Grind is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 25, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Chicago Grind?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 25, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Chicago Grind last inspected?

Chicago Grind has 9 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2014.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 9 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

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Edgewater runs 75% clean across 496 tracked restaurants — 368 clean, 116 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 496 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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