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Hungry Mama's
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 14, 2023
- address1636 W Howard St, Chicago 60626
Is Hungry Mama's clean?
Hungry Mama's is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 14, 2023. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Hungry Mama's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 14, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO ONE ON SITE WITH A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE FOOD INCLUDING CHICKEN IS COOKED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFED FOOD MANAGERS.
When was Hungry Mama's last inspected?
Hungry Mama's has 7 inspections on record going back to September 29, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| December 19, 2024 | — | |
| December 14, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 5, 2023 | — | |
| April 21, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 11, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 29, 2022 | Fail |
Hungry Mama's vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 33% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 60 mid, 426 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 14, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.