Main Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 27, 2026 →
• address8535 W Higgins Rd, Chicago 60631

Is Main Kitchen clean?

Main Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 27, 2026. 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 Main Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Main Kitchen last inspected?

Main Kitchen has 16 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Main Kitchen vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 83% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 118 clean, 24 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 144 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 July 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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