Karma Grocery

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 14, 2025
• address2858 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60612
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Karma Grocery clean?

Karma Grocery is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 14, 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 Karma Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A VOMIT AND/OR DIARRHEAL EVENT KIT AS REQUIRED FOR PROPER CLEAN AND SANITIZING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF ALL REACH IN COOLERS AND FREEZER TO REMOVE SPILLS AND/OR DEBRIS.
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • PREMISES HAS NO HOT RUNNING WATER DUE TO GAS NOT CONNECTED. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-030(C).
  Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • PREMISES HAS NO HOT RUNNING WATER DUE TO GAS NOT CONNECTED. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-030(C).
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN THE FLOORS ALONG THE WALL BASE AND IN CORNERS, AND UNDERNEATH SHELVING TO REMOVE DEBRIS. ALSO CLEAN WALLS WHERE EVER NEED.

When was Karma Grocery last inspected?

Karma Grocery has 2 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2025.

Karma Grocery vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 August 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.