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Osama Food
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 20, 2023
- address1308 S Central Park Ave, Chicago 60623
Is Osama Food clean?
Osama Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 20, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Osama Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 20, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD IN PREP HAND SINK. MUST INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASHGUARD.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD IN PREP HAND SINK. MUST INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASHGUARD.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN REAR PREP/DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY. • OBSERVED SOILED MOP HEAD NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HANG MOP HEADS TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING. • OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Osama Food last inspected?
Osama Food has 15 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| September 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 28, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 23, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2015 | Fail |
Osama Food vs North Lawndale
North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 September 20, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.