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Cumin Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 16, 2025
- address1414 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60622
Is Cumin Restaurant clean?
Cumin Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cumin Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • Found several TCS food items held at improper temperatures: 4 lbs of cooked lentils at 55.4°F, 6 lbs of cooked chicken at 54.2°F, 4 lbs of soft cheese at 52.6°F, 7 lbs of cooked potatoes at 55.8°F, and 3 lbs of cooked lamb at 53.4°F. All food items stored in the first-floor kitchen prep cooler are instructed to hold all cold TCS foods at 41°F or lower. Food discarded valued at $150. priority violation 7-38-005.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • No discard date on several cooked food containers that are held in walk-in cooler for more than 24hours, Instructed to date all cooked foods in walk-in cooler. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyProper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • Found prep cooler air temp at 55.4f, cooler is use to store TCS foods at main prep kitchen. Instructed to keep all coolers temperature at 41f or lower. cooler is tagged not allowed to use. must contact the office of CDPH for tag removal requests. Priority violation 7-38-005.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • No accurate food measuring devices on site, both thermometer were off by 20 degrees, Instructed to provide accurate thermometers. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
When was Cumin Restaurant last inspected?
Cumin Restaurant has 19 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 11, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 29, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 29, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2015 | Fail |
Cumin Restaurant vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 July 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.