Junior Chefs Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 25, 2026 →
• address1061 W Van Buren St, Chicago 60607

Is Junior Chefs Kitchen clean?

Junior Chefs Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 25, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Junior Chefs Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Junior Chefs Kitchen last inspected?

Junior Chefs Kitchen has 2 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2026.

Junior Chefs Kitchen vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,294 tracked restaurants — 1,031 clean, 233 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,294 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 June 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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