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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 currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
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 labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED DRY INGREDIENTS AND SQUIRT BOTTLES NOT LABELED WITH COMMON FOOD NAME. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED A PLASTIC DISPOSABLE BOWL STORED INSIDE THE FLOUR DRY INGREDIENT CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO TRANSFER FOOD ITEMS WITH UTENSILS WITH HANDLES.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED A PLASTIC DISPOSABLE BOWL STORED INSIDE THE FLOUR DRY INGREDIENT CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO TRANSFER FOOD ITEMS WITH UTENSILS WITH HANDLES.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE ICE GUARD PANEL INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT BLACK AND PINK RESIDUE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE WALL UNDER THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISWAHSING MACHINE WITH OPENINGS. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE WALL SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL PEST HARBORAGE POINTS.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| March 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 8, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 21, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Mustard Seed Kitchen vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 March 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.