Cooked?
Kikuya Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 4, 2025
- address1601 E 55Th St, Chicago 60615
Is Kikuya Restaurant clean?
Kikuya Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Kikuya Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST PROPERLY LABEL FOOD ITEMS IN THE COOLERS WITH PRODUCTS NAME, WHEN REMOVE FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGING.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN UPRIGHT FREEZER AND DEFROST THE INTERIOR OF THE SMALL DEEP FREEZER IN THE DISHWASHING/PREP AREA. ALSO CLEAN ALL STORAGE SHELVING AND COUNTER TOPS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS AND WALLS THROUGH OUT THE KITCHEN AND DISHWASHING AREAS.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE VENTILATION SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT (THE HOOD ,FILTER AND LIGHT SHIELDS).Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE VENTILATION SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT (THE HOOD ,FILTER AND LIGHT SHIELDS).
When was Kikuya Restaurant last inspected?
Kikuya Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 30, 2019 | — | |
| April 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 17, 2017 | — | |
| June 17, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Kikuya Restaurant vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.
Other spots in Hyde Park
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 April 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.