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Fairplay
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 17, 2026
- address4640 S Halsted St, Chicago 60609
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Fairplay clean?
Fairplay is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Fairplay?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • Inadequate rodent's control, found about 30 mouse droppings in hot food/ deli prep station behind ovens and coolers along wall base. Instructed to eliminate rodent's activity from all affected areas, pest control recommended. Priority foundation violation 7-38-020(A).
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Upper surfaces of fresh meat coolers not clean, dirt and dust noted, Instructed to clean and maintain.
When was Fairplay last inspected?
Fairplay has 46 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 2, 2022 | Pass |
Fairplay vs Fuller Park
Fuller Park runs 61% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 36 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fuller Park, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.