Fat Johnnies Red Hots
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The current published rating reads clean. Keep its inspection date in view.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 2, 2026 →
- address7242 S Western Ave, Chicago 60636
Is Fat Johnnies Red Hots clean?
Fat Johnnies Red Hots is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Fat Johnnies Red Hots?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Fat Johnnies Red Hots last inspected?
Fat Johnnies Red Hots has 18 inspections on record going back to January 28, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
The latest two displayed graded visits went from Fail on September 25, 2026 to Pass on October 2, 2026. Both visits are dated snapshots of the record.
History worth a look: 2 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.
October 2, 2026 Pass
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View full inspection →September 25, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →September 9, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →August 28, 2024 Fail
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View full inspection →June 26, 2023 Pass
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View full inspection →May 3, 2023 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →November 12, 2020 Pass
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View full inspection →February 24, 2020 Pass
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View full inspection →April 16, 2018 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →May 17, 2016 Pass
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View full inspection →December 15, 2015 Pass
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View full inspection →December 13, 2013 Pass
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Fat Johnnies Red Hots vs Chicago Lawn
Chicago Lawn runs 79% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 31 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.
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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 October 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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