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Fairgrounds
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 24, 2024
- address12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60603
Is Fairgrounds clean?
Fairgrounds is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 24, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Fairgrounds?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 24, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Fairgrounds last inspected?
Fairgrounds has 8 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 8, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 27, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Fairgrounds 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 59% 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 October 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.