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King Foods
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 7, 2019
- address400 E 61St St, Chicago 60637
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is King Foods clean?
King Foods is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 7, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at King Foods?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NOTED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. ALSO NO CERTIFIED MANAGER PRESENT WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED, HELD AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE CERTIFICATE MUST BE POSTED AND A CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED, HELD AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • PREMISES MUST PROVIDE A HAND SINK CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT FRONT SERVICE COUNTER WHERE COFFEE IS PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.
When was King Foods last inspected?
King Foods has 7 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| November 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 1, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 24, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 11, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 1, 2019 | Fail |
King Foods vs Washington Park
Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 November 7, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.