Handy Spot

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 3, 2025
• address200 E 35Th St, Chicago 60616
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Handy Spot clean?

Handy Spot is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 3, 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 Handy Spot?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11: OBSERVED NO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15: OBSERVED THE FRONT AND REAR ENTRY DOORS WITH SMALL OPENINGS AT THE BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE OF BOTH MENTIONED DOORS. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.17: OBSERVED RAW WOOD UTILIZED AS SHELVES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19: OBSERVED THE TOILET ROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON MENTIONED DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19: OBSERVED THE TOILET ROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON MENTIONED DOOR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Handy Spot last inspected?

Handy Spot has 2 inspections on record going back to March 28, 2025.

Handy Spot vs Douglas

Douglas runs 69% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 79 clean, 24 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Douglas, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

Other spots in Douglas

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• ✓ Gain Changers
  clean · July 21, 2026
• ✓ Mississippi Ricks
  clean · October 21, 2010
• ✓ South Town Sub
  clean · April 18, 2016
• ✓! Bp
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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 April 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.