Kinzie St. Chop House

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 4, 2025
• address400 N Wells St, Chicago 60654

Is Kinzie St. Chop House clean?

Kinzie St. Chop House is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Kinzie St. Chop House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-202.16---OBSERVED CHIPPED PAINT AND RUST ON THE WIRE STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN- COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CHIPPED PAINT AND RUST AND REPAINT OR REPLACE THE SHELVES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114---ALL UNUSED KITCHEN FOOD EQUIPMENTS ETC STORED IN THE BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES AND ALL OTHER NEED ITEMS MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR TO FACILITATE CLEANING.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11---INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BURNT-OUT LIGHT BULBS IN THE KITCHEN PREP/DISHWASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT ALL TIMES.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11---INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BURNT-OUT LIGHT BULBS IN THE KITCHEN PREP/DISHWASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT ALL TIMES.

When was Kinzie St. Chop House last inspected?

Kinzie St. Chop House has 21 inspections on record going back to July 7, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Kinzie St. Chop House vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.