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Rajun Cajun
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 2, 2026
- address1459 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615
Is Rajun Cajun clean?
Rajun Cajun is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Rajun Cajun?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2026, 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 • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING.
When was Rajun Cajun last inspected?
Rajun Cajun has 22 inspections on record going back to November 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 4, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2017 | Fail |
Rajun Cajun vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 February 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.