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Nutrition 56
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 19, 2025
- address5650 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60629
Is Nutrition 56 clean?
Nutrition 56 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Nutrition 56?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPER IN NEED OF CLEANING AND STORED IMPROPERLY DIRECTLY ON ICE IN THE FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE SCOOPER AND TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR/PROVIDE.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR/PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE/USE ARTICLES (TO-GO CONTAINERS) NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE/USE ARTICLES (TO-GO CONTAINERS) NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED WASHROOM DOOR IS NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE/INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED WASHROOM DOOR IS NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE/INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNUSED/OLD UNNECESSARY ITEMS/EQUIPMENT IN THE DISHWASH/PREP AREA AND IN THE REAR OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FROM THE PREMISES.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE EXHAUST VENTILATION IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE EXHAUST VENTILATION IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Nutrition 56 last inspected?
Nutrition 56 has 2 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Nutrition 56 vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.