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Halsted Street Deli
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 10, 2026
- address550 W Adams St, Chicago 60661
Is Halsted Street Deli clean?
Halsted Street Deli is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Halsted Street Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SINGLE-USE PLASTIC CUPS USED AS SCOOPS IN FOOD CONTAINERS THROUGHOUT FRONT SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SINGLE-USE CUPS WITH MULTI-USE UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO ALLOW FOR HANDLES TO BE KEPT ABOVE FOOD BETWEEN USES AND PREVENT RISK OF CONTAMINATING FOOD ITEMS WHILE SCOOPING AND MAINTAIN.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SINGLE-USE PLASTIC CUPS USED AS SCOOPS IN FOOD CONTAINERS THROUGHOUT FRONT SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SINGLE-USE CUPS WITH MULTI-USE UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO ALLOW FOR HANDLES TO BE KEPT ABOVE FOOD BETWEEN USES AND PREVENT RISK OF CONTAMINATING FOOD ITEMS WHILE SCOOPING AND MAINTAIN.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED HEAVY SCORING AND DEEP CUTS ON CUTTING BOARDS ALONG LINE COOLERS AT THE FRONT SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS TO MAINTAIN SURFACE SUCH THAT CUTTING SURFACES ARE ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVELY CLEANED AND SANITIZED AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SMALL LEAK AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK DRAIN PLUMBING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK DRAIN PLUMBING TO ELIMINATE LEAK AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN GOOD REPAIR.
When was Halsted Street Deli last inspected?
Halsted Street Deli has 5 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2023 | Pass |
Halsted Street Deli vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.