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Josephine's Cookin'
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 14, 2026
- address436 - 440 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619
Is Josephine's Cookin' clean?
Josephine's Cookin' is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Josephine's Cookin'?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS OBTAIN THIS CERTIFICATE, PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
When was Josephine's Cookin' last inspected?
Josephine's Cookin' has 42 inspections on record going back to October 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2026 | — | |
| July 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 4, 2025 | — | |
| June 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 24, 2021 | Pass |
Josephine's Cookin' vs Chatham
Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.
Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 May 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.