Queen Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 6, 2019
• address1358 N Western Ave, Chicago 60622
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Queen Market clean?

Queen Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 6, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Queen Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 6, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE WITH THE NECESSARY ITEMS SUCH AS GLOVES, MASKS, DISPOSABLE MOPS AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE AT THE SERVICE SINK IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A BACK LOW PREVENTER DEVICE SO THAT CAN BE VISIBLE TO BE SERVICE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE LID FOR GARBAGE CONTAINER INSIDE WASHROOM AND MUST MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE LID FOR GARBAGE CONTAINER INSIDE WASHROOM AND MUST MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR BEHIND REFRIGERATION UNITS IN FRONT SELLING AREA AND THROUGHOUT REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Queen Market last inspected?

Queen Market has 2 inspections on record going back to September 6, 2019.

Queen Market vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓ Thai Food Cuisine
  clean · September 2, 2022
• ✓ The Big Mini
  clean · March 9, 2021
• ✓! Buzzed Bull Creamery
  mid · May 26, 2020
• ✓ Buzzed Bull Creamery
  clean · May 26, 2020
• ✓ Lao Peng You
  clean · May 26, 2026
• ✓! Smokey's Wing Shack
  mid · November 1, 2019

See every restaurant inspection in West Town →

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 6, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.