Food Basket

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 28, 2024 →
• address7205 S Halsted St, Chicago 60621
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Food Basket clean?

Food Basket is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 28, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Food Basket?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️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
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean

When was Food Basket last inspected?

Food Basket has 15 inspections on record going back to April 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Food Basket vs Englewood

Englewood runs 82% clean across 104 tracked restaurants — 84 clean, 14 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 104 spots Cooked tracks in Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

Other spots in Englewood

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• ? King's Kiddie Kingdom
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• ✓ Harold's Chicken Shack
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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 October 28, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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