Circle K

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 23, 2025
• address850 N State St, Chicago 60610
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Circle K clean?

Circle K is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 23, 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 Circle K?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 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 • NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE WHILE FOODS ARE BEING SOLD FOR CUSTOMERS, HOT DOGS, CHICKEN ETC. INSTRUCTED THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE FACILITY IS OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATIONS 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THEREMOMETER IN THE LOWER TWO DOOR REACH IN COOLING UNIT IN THE FRONT FOOD SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED HEAVY BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS ON THE BASE FLOOR OF ALL REACH IN FREEZER UNITS IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM WITH NO COVERED RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM WITH NO COVERED RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SPILLAGE, DIRT AND DEBRIS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: SHELVING UNDER REAR STORAGE ACROSS FROM THE BEVERAGE DISPENCER SETUP AS WELL AS UNDER THE SODA DISPENCER SETUP...INSIDE OF THE BEVERAGE WALK IN COOLING UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS. • OBSERVED A CLUTTER OF ITEMS IN THE CORNER LEFT OF THE FREEZER ACROSS FROM DESK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE HARBORING SPACE FOR PEST AND OR INSECTS.

When was Circle K last inspected?

Circle K has 3 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2022.

Circle K 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 April 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.