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.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed • OBSERVED POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES BY FEMALE FOOD HANDLER HAD ON PLASTIC GLOVES AND ON CELL PHONE AND HANDLING FOOD AND DISHES AND ALSO TOOK HER PERSONAL BAG DOWN STAIRS AND CAME BACK UP AND NEVER CHANGED GLOVES AND WASHED HANDS.INSTRUCTED WASH HANDS AFTER EVERY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.(PRIORITY 7-38-010)(COS)(CITATION ISSUED)
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED FEMALE FOOD HANDLER SANITIZING MULTI-USE UTENSILS AT 0.0 PPM'S AT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK. OBSERVED HER WASH A POT AND A SKILLET WITH A SOAPY PAD AND RINSE UNDER RUNNING WATER AND PUT BACK ON TO STOVE TO HEAT FOOD IN.INSTRUCTED HER TO SET-UP SINK PROPERLY TO SANITIZE DISHES.(PRIORITY 7-38-025)(COS)(CITATION ISSUED)
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST INVERT MULTI-USE UTENSILS ON DISH STORAGE SHELF.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST INVERT MULTI-USE UTENSILS ON DISH STORAGE SHELF.
• ⚠️Gloves Used Properly • OBSERVED IMPROPER USAGE OF PLASTIC GLOVES BY FOOD HANDLER.
  Gloves Used Properly • OBSERVED IMPROPER USAGE OF PLASTIC GLOVES BY FOOD HANDLER.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE AND MISSING DOOR HANDLE ON GLASS SLIDING REACH IN COOLER.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO DRAINBOARD AT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO DRAINBOARD AT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST ADJUST TOILET ROOM DOOR SELF CLOSING DEVICE TO CLOSE TIGHTLY AT TOILET ROOM NEAREST THE KITCHEN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST ADJUST TOILET ROOM DOOR SELF CLOSING DEVICE TO CLOSE TIGHTLY AT TOILET ROOM NEAREST THE KITCHEN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING IN FRONT PREP AREA. • MUST SCRAPE CHIPPING PAINT ON WALL AT DISH STORAGE RACK.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN REAR PREP AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN REAR PREP AREA.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEE MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEE MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.

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 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 24% of them.

Other spots in Humboldt Park

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

See every restaurant inspection in Humboldt Park →

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