Homer's

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 9, 2025 →
• address4518 S Mcdowell Ave, Chicago 60609
• cuisineLiquor

Is Homer's clean?

Homer's is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Homer's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean

When was Homer's last inspected?

Homer's has 1 inspection on record going back to December 9, 2025.

Homer's vs New City

New City runs 74% clean across 238 tracked restaurants — 170 clean, 44 mid, 17 cooked.

Against the 238 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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.

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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 December 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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