Mustard Seed Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2025 →
• address43-51 E Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616

Is Mustard Seed Kitchen clean?

Mustard Seed Kitchen is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on May 6, 2026, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass on March 24, 2025. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Mustard Seed Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Mustard Seed Kitchen last inspected?

Mustard Seed Kitchen has 18 inspections on record going back to February 11, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Mustard Seed Kitchen vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 80% clean across 297 tracked restaurants — 235 clean, 51 mid, 6 cooked.

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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 March 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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