Chipotle Mexican Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 26, 2025
• address6 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60610

Is Chipotle Mexican Grill clean?

Chipotle Mexican Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 26, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Chipotle Mexican Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO PERSON IN CHARGE WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED A PERSON IN CHARGE WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON PREMISES DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO PERSON IN CHARGE WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED A PERSON IN CHARGE WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON PREMISES DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED OPENINGS AT BASE OF NORTHSIDE DOCK DOOR IN DUMPSTER AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED ICE MACHINE LEAKING FROM RIGHT SIDE BASE ONTO FLOOR CREATING A PUDDLE OF WATER ON FLOOR ACROSS FROM ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ICE MACHINE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT IN CATERING AREA OF FRONT PREP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT IN CATERING AREA OF FRONT PREP AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED BLACK BUILDUP ON INTERIOR OF FLOOR DRAIN UNDERNEATH EASTSIDE FRONT PREP HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF FLOOR DRAIN UNDERNEATH EASTSIDE FRONT PREP HANDWASHING SINK AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DAMAGED CEILING ABOVE PREP TABLE IN SMALL AREA NEXT COOKLINE. INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REPAIR DAMAGED CEILING ABOVE PREP TABLE IN SMALL AREA NEXT TO COOKLINE.
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • OBSERVED SUMMARY REPORT FROM LAST INSPECTION DATED 06/12/2024 NOT POSTED FOR PUBLIC VIEW. INSTRUCTED SUMMARY REPORTS SHALL BE POSTED IN PUBLIC VIEW AT ALL TIMES. CORRECTED ON SITE SUMMARY REPORT FROM LAST INSPECTION DATED 06/12/2024 REPRINTED AND POSTED BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-010(B) CITATION ISSUED
  Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • OBSERVED SUMMARY REPORT FROM LAST INSPECTION DATED 06/12/2024 NOT POSTED FOR PUBLIC VIEW. INSTRUCTED SUMMARY REPORTS SHALL BE POSTED IN PUBLIC VIEW AT ALL TIMES. CORRECTED ON SITE SUMMARY REPORT FROM LAST INSPECTION DATED 06/12/2024 REPRINTED AND POSTED BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-010(B) CITATION ISSUED

When was Chipotle Mexican Grill last inspected?

Chipotle Mexican Grill has 27 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Chipotle Mexican Grill vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.