Coalfire

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 9, 2026
• address1321 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Coalfire clean?

Coalfire is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 9, 2026. 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 Coalfire?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use • 2-401.11 OBSERVED PERSONAL FOOD ITEM STORED INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, PREP AREA COOLER AND REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE A DESIGNATED AREA WHERE EMPLOYEES CAN STORE PERSONAL FOOD ITEMS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B) OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE REACH IN COOLERS AND DISPLAY COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF EQUIPMENT.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 OBSERVED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITHOUT LABELS CONTAINING THE COMMON NAME OF FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-903.11 (A;B;D) OBSERVED PLATES NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT PLATES AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-903.11 (A;B;D) OBSERVED PLATES NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT PLATES AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-202.16 OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINER ON FOOD ITEMS IN THE REAR 2 DOOR COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.

When was Coalfire last inspected?

Coalfire has 18 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Coalfire vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 June 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.