Falcon Fuel

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 9, 2025
• address4002 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60651
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Falcon Fuel clean?

Falcon Fuel is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Falcon Fuel?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOOD. FOUND RAW GROUND BEEF IN STANDING WATER, STORED ON THE DRAINBOARD OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AT 69.9F. MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. APPROXIMATELY 10LBS AT $48 WORTH OF PRODUCT DISCARDED. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING METHODS. FOUND A POT OF RAW GROUND BEEF IN STILL WATER, STORED ON THE DRAINBOARD OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAWING METHODS DISCUSSED AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING METHODS. FOUND A POT OF RAW GROUND BEEF IN STILL WATER, STORED ON THE DRAINBOARD OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAWING METHODS DISCUSSED AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED ONE SINK STOPPER MISSING FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED ONE SINK STOPPER MISSING FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE IN THE FRONT PREP/SERVICE AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Falcon Fuel last inspected?

Falcon Fuel has 5 inspections on record going back to November 7, 2019.

Falcon Fuel vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 December 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.