Flying Saucer

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 27, 2025 →
• address1123 N California Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Flying Saucer clean?

Flying Saucer is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 27, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Flying Saucer?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• ⚠️Gloves Used Properly

When was Flying Saucer last inspected?

Flying Saucer has 16 inspections on record going back to April 20, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Flying Saucer vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 77% clean across 316 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 56 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 316 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in Humboldt Park

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  clean · November 21, 2025
• ✓ La Pena
  cooked · June 6, 2025
• ✓ Yauco
  clean · May 12, 2020
• ✓ Bp
  cooked · October 21, 2020
• ✓! Chicago Central Park Food Mart
  cooked · April 18, 2019
• ✕ Homan Grocery
  cooked · June 3, 2010

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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 June 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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