Margies's Candies

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 14, 2025
• address1960 N Western Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Margies's Candies clean?

Margies's Candies is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 14, 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 Margies's Candies?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT SINK AT LOWER LEVEL PREPARATION AREAS.MUST PROVIDE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS WITH NO LABELING.(COCOA,SUGAR,ETC,.)MUST PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOUND SANITATION MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING.MUST PROVIDE.

When was Margies's Candies last inspected?

Margies's Candies has 2 inspections on record going back to July 5, 2024.

Margies's Candies vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 58% of them.

Other spots in Logan Square

• ✓ La Bomba Food
  clean · November 25, 2025
• ✓ El Fogon Tapatio
  clean · March 19, 2026
• ✓ Johns Pizzeria
  clean · August 4, 2011
• ✓ La Licor Panamericana
  clean · August 8, 2025
• ✓ La Licor Panamericana
  clean · August 15, 2024
• ✓ La Licor Panamericana
  clean · August 15, 2024

See every restaurant inspection in Logan Square →

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 April 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.