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My Buddy's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 29, 2026
- address4416 N Clark St, Chicago 60640
Is My Buddy's clean?
My Buddy's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at My Buddy's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2026, 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 • 4-501.11 REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE OF THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11 REPLACE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES BEHIND THE FRONT BAR AREA.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14 CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14 CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
When was My Buddy's last inspected?
My Buddy's has 23 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2023 | — | |
| March 13, 2023 | — | |
| June 21, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 24, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2020 | — | |
| April 5, 2019 | Pass |
My Buddy's vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 April 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.