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New Cajun Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 21, 2024
- address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652
Is New Cajun Grill clean?
New Cajun Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 21, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at New Cajun Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 21, 2024, 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 • FOIL AND PAPER LINING ON STORAGE SHELVES IN PREP AREA. INSTD TO REMOVE FOIL AND PAPER SO AS TO BE A SMOOTH, EVEN, AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INTERIOR BOTTOM CABINET OF FRYERS, INTERIOR OF HOT HOLDING UNIT INCLUDING DOOR AND GASKETS, AND STORAGE SHELVES UNDERNEATH PREP TABLES NOT CLEAN, FOOD DEBRIS. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WALLS BEHIND HANDWASH SINK, BEHIND PREP SINK AND NEXT TO FRYERS NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS, GREASE. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME
When was New Cajun Grill last inspected?
New Cajun Grill has 8 inspections on record going back to September 5, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 27, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| November 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
New Cajun Grill vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 November 21, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.