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Q Sazon Mexican Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 23, 2026
- address8451 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60652
Is Q Sazon Mexican Restaurant clean?
Q Sazon Mexican Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Q Sazon Mexican Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVERD THE INTERIOR BACK PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN WORKING THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL COOLERS TO MONITOR AMBIENT TEMPERATURES.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED MULTIPLE LEAKS AT THE 3 COMP SINK FAUCETS AND BASE OF FAUCETS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED THE CITY CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY WITHOUT HER ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.
When was Q Sazon Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Q Sazon Mexican Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to May 8, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 11, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 17, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 17, 2017 | Pass |
Q Sazon Mexican Restaurant vs Ashburn
Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.
Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.