Kings Food Grocery Store

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 15, 2026
• address6600 S Halsted St, Chicago 60621
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Kings Food Grocery Store clean?

Kings Food Grocery Store is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 15, 2026. 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 Kings Food Grocery Store?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO ADEQUATE SUPPLIES (DISPOSABLE MOP, DISPOSABLE LATEX GLOVES, DISPOSABLE MASK, AND ADEQUATE SANITIZER *MUST ELIMINATE NOROVIRUS*) ON SITE TO PROPERLY CLEAN UP ANY VOMIT OR DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NOTED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE TO MONITOR THE INTERNAL FOOD TEMPERATURE OF TCS FOOD COOKED, DELIVERED AND SERVED. FACILITY MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN PROPER THERMOMETERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED NO LID ON WASHROOM RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LID.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED NO LID ON WASHROOM RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LID.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED HOLE IN WALL AT BASE OF TOILET. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY REPAIR.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED CEILING VENTS THROUGHOUT FACILITY (REAR STORAGE WHERE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND IN TOILETROOM) WITH EXCESSIVE DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED CEILING VENTS THROUGHOUT FACILITY (REAR STORAGE WHERE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND IN TOILETROOM) WITH EXCESSIVE DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS TO OBTAIN THIS CERTIFICATE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE

When was Kings Food Grocery Store last inspected?

Kings Food Grocery Store has 5 inspections on record going back to October 19, 2021.

Kings Food Grocery Store vs Englewood

Englewood runs 59% clean across 303 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 40 mid, 84 cooked.

Against the 303 spots Cooked tracks in Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.

Other spots in Englewood

• ✓ Sikia Restaurant
  clean · November 22, 2021
• ✕ Seafood Shack & Steak
  cooked · April 23, 2026
• ✓ Babas Fish & Chicken, Inc
  clean · February 26, 2026
• ✓ Sanders Loiunge
  clean · June 27, 2022
• ✓ Flames Grill
  clean · June 5, 2023
• ✓! Checker's
  mid · January 8, 2024

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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 July 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.