Fat Albert

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 6, 2026 →
• address6854 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60636

Is Fat Albert clean?

Fat Albert is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 6, 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 Fat Albert?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips

When was Fat Albert last inspected?

Fat Albert has 28 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Fat Albert vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 81% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 117 clean, 22 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.

Other spots in West Englewood

• ✓ Phillips 66
  cooked · June 1, 2011
• ✓ Payless Grocery & Fast Food
  cooked · September 21, 2012
• ✓! U.S. Market
  cooked · August 9, 2013
• ✓ Seashell Restaurant
  cooked · July 7, 2011
• ✓ Seashell Restaurant
  clean · July 6, 2011
• ✕ Pak Submarine
  cooked · August 22, 2011

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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