Circle K

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 26, 2024
• address2 N Wabash Ave, Chicago 60602
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Circle K clean?

Circle K is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 26, 2024. 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 Circle K?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (BREAKFAST SANDWICHES, CHEESEBURGERS, CHICKEN SANDWICHES, HOT DOGS, ETC) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION, 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST PROVIDE MORE SHELVING OR ELEVATE BEVERAGES AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST PROVIDE MORE SHELVING OR ELEVATE BEVERAGES AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN FOOD RESIDUE FROM REACH-IN FREEZERS IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES STORED THROUGHOUT THE REAR STORAGE AREAS. MUST DE CLUTTER, DETAIL CLEAN AREA, AND ORGANIZE ALL REMAINING ARTICLES AND STORE THEM ON SHELVING 6" OFF THE FLOOR TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING.

When was Circle K last inspected?

Circle K has 5 inspections on record going back to May 27, 2022.

Circle K vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 December 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.