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Middle Eastern Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 31, 2025
- address3952 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60634
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Middle Eastern Market clean?
Middle Eastern Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 31, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Middle Eastern Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.12// NOTED CUTTING BOARD ABOVE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND AT MEAT PREP TABLE WITH DEEP CUTS AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO RESTORE TO A SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SURFACE BY SANDING AND RESEALING OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114// NOTED EXCESSIVE CLUTTER IN DISHROOM AND REAR STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO BUSINESS. STORE KEPT ITEMS ON PROPER SHELVING THAT IS NON-POROUS, SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN AND A MINIMUM OF 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR
When was Middle Eastern Market last inspected?
Middle Eastern Market has 16 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 4, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 19, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2016 | Fail |
Middle Eastern Market vs Dunning
Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.