Clark Catering, Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 31, 2025
• address8218 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago 60617
• cuisineCatering

Is Clark Catering, Inc. clean?

Clark Catering, Inc. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 31, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Clark Catering, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 OBSERVED HAND WASHING SIGNS ARE NEEDED AT THE HAND WASHING SINKS IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD AND GREASE DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.13 OBSERVED THE WALLS ARE NOT COVERED BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE NEWER FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVING. • 6-501.12 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST AND GREASE DEBRIS ON THE VENTS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FIRST FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.

When was Clark Catering, Inc. last inspected?

Clark Catering, Inc. has 27 inspections on record going back to March 2, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Clark Catering, Inc. vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 28% of them.

Other spots in Avalon Park

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  clean · August 20, 2019
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  clean · January 9, 2012
• ✓ Clyde Quaility Food
  clean · June 10, 2013
• ✓ Three J's Bbq & Restaurant
  clean · August 14, 2012
• ✓ Harold's Chicken Shack #87
  clean · October 6, 2011
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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 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.