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Prime Fish
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 30, 2026
- address8022 S Halsted St, Chicago 60620
Is Prime Fish clean?
Prime Fish is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Prime Fish?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FROZEN CHICKEN BEING IMPROPERLY THAWING OUT IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ON PROPERLY THAWING FOODS UNDER COOL RUNNING WATER OR INSIDE COOLER.Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FROZEN CHICKEN BEING IMPROPERLY THAWING OUT IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ON PROPERLY THAWING FOODS UNDER COOL RUNNING WATER OR INSIDE COOLER.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN THE INTERIOR BOTTOM OF THE FRONT PREP COOLER TO REMOVE SPILLS AND/OR DEBRIS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE CEILING TILE ABOVE THE REAR DEEP FREEZER IN POOR REPAIR (WATER DAMAGE). MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Prime Fish last inspected?
Prime Fish has 21 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| January 30, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 2, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2021 | Pass |
Prime Fish vs Auburn Gresham
Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.
Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 January 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.