Main Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 4, 2025
• address8535 W Higgins Rd, Chicago 60631

Is Main Kitchen clean?

Main Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Main Kitchen?

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

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN 11TH FLOOR CONCIERGE LOUNGE AND 3RD FLOOR MEETING ROOMS DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SINGAGE AT ALL EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINKS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED UNUSED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE AT LOBBY BAR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND PUT INTO SERVICE OR REMOVE FROM PREMISES. • OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON INTERIOR OF DOOR TO MAIN WALK-IN COOLER AND ON 2 DOOR "LOW BOY" COOLER LOCATED ON COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LOSE FAUCET AT EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED ON MAIN COOK LINE AND LOW WATER PRESSURE IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN ALL SINKS IN GOOD CONDITION.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED HOSE TO DRAIN WATER PURIFIER DRAINING INTO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN PREP AREA BEHIND BAR. INSTRUCTED TO RE-ROUTE HOSE SO THAT IT DOES NOT DRAIN INTO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED HOSE TO DRAIN WATER PURIFIER DRAINING INTO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN PREP AREA BEHIND BAR. INSTRUCTED TO RE-ROUTE HOSE SO THAT IT DOES NOT DRAIN INTO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS IN CLOSET USED TO STORE "BAG IN A BOX" SOFT DRINK SYSTEM. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF DUST ON LIGHT SHIELDS OVER COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF DUST ON LIGHT SHIELDS OVER COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.

When was Main Kitchen last inspected?

Main Kitchen has 15 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Main Kitchen vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 50 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.

Other spots in Norwood Park

• ✓ Main Kitchen
  clean · June 25, 2015
• ✓ Main Kitchen
  clean · June 25, 2015
• ✓ Main Kitchen
  clean · June 25, 2015
• ✓ Main Kitchen
  clean · June 25, 2015
• ✓ Main Kitchen
  clean · April 4, 2024
• ? China Town Inn
  cooked · May 11, 2011

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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 March 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.