• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 12, 2025 →
• address9444 S Lafayette Ave, Chicago 60620
• cuisineGrocery Store

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Is Max Food clean?

Max Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 12, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Max Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices

When was Max Food last inspected?

Max Food has 4 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2019.

Max Food vs Roseland

Roseland runs 78% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 87 clean, 18 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Roseland, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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.

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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 September 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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