Kostner Food Basket

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 11, 2023 →
• address22-24 S Kostner Ave, Chicago 60624
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Kostner Food Basket clean?

Kostner Food Basket is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 11, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Kostner Food Basket?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 11, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used

When was Kostner Food Basket last inspected?

Kostner Food Basket has 10 inspections on record going back to December 24, 2012.

Kostner Food Basket vs West Garfield Park

West Garfield Park runs 78% clean across 256 tracked restaurants — 197 clean, 46 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 256 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

Other spots in West Garfield Park

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• ✓ Sam's Mart
  cooked · December 21, 2012
• ✓! Garfield Apartments
  mid · June 9, 2026
• ✓ My Girlfriends Kitchen
  cooked · March 5, 2013
• ✓ Aldi Inc Store 14
  clean · February 28, 2013
• ✓! Firehouse Grill
  mid · April 14, 2020

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 11, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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