Parachute Hifi

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 4, 2026 →
• address3500 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Parachute Hifi clean?

Parachute Hifi is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 4, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Parachute Hifi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Parachute Hifi last inspected?

Parachute Hifi has 21 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Parachute Hifi vs Avondale

Avondale runs 82% clean across 345 tracked restaurants — 280 clean, 57 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 345 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.

Other spots in Avondale

• ✓ Parachute
  clean · April 30, 2014
• ✓ Amman One Stop Shop
  cooked · January 16, 2015
• ✓ Dante's Pizzeria
  cooked · September 29, 2020
• ✓! Sugar Hills Bakery
  cooked · October 30, 2017
• ✓ Tacos Tequilas
  clean · March 20, 2014
• ✓ The Harding Tavern
  clean · December 10, 2025

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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