Maxwell Street

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 7, 2026 →
• address244-246 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60644

Is Maxwell Street clean?

Maxwell Street is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Maxwell Street?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Maxwell Street last inspected?

Maxwell Street has 24 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

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Maxwell Street vs West Garfield Park

West Garfield Park runs 78% clean across 258 tracked restaurants — 198 clean, 48 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 258 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.

Other spots in West Garfield Park

• ✓ Westside Food Mart I
  clean · May 14, 2013
• ✓! Anthony D's Grill
  cooked · September 20, 2018
• ✓ Chicago Born Losers Motorcycle Club
  clean · September 26, 2014
• ✓ Chicago Born Losers Motorcycle Club
  clean · May 18, 2023
• ✓ Cater-Biz Chicago
  cooked · April 5, 2016
• ✓ Laymon's
  cooked · July 23, 2015

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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 October 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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