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Parachute Hifi
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 15, 2025
- 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 July 15, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. 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 July 15, 2025, 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 • BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER AND AT DOOR OF ICE HOLDER UNIT. REPAIR/REPLACE.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAKING MECHANICAL STOPPER UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN PREP AREA.
When was Parachute Hifi last inspected?
Parachute Hifi has 20 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2026 | — | |
| July 31, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| July 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 7, 2023 | — | |
| July 15, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 29, 2022 | — | |
| April 7, 2022 | — | |
| January 27, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2021 | — | |
| May 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Parachute Hifi vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 July 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.