Ramirez Fast Food

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 6, 2026
• address1521 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Ramirez Fast Food clean?

Ramirez Fast Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ramirez Fast Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN CONTAINERS IN ALL THE PREP AREAS WITHOUT PROPER LABELING WITH THE COMMON FOOD NAME. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LABELS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.11(B, C, D, E) OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IMPROPERLY IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS IN THE COOLERS AND FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY IN FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS AND/OR CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19 OBSERVED WASHROOM DOOR SELF CLOSING DEVICE MISSING/BROKEN. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19 OBSERVED WASHROOM DOOR SELF CLOSING DEVICE MISSING/BROKEN. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11 OBSERVED BROKEN, WARPED AND/OR TAPED UP LIGHT COVERS/SHIELDS OVERHEAD IN THE PREP FRONTLINE AREA AND DINING AREA.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14 OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON EXHAUST VENTILATION IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14 OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON EXHAUST VENTILATION IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.

When was Ramirez Fast Food last inspected?

Ramirez Fast Food has 25 inspections on record going back to January 14, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ramirez Fast Food vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 55% of them.

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• ✓ Caesar's Foods Inc
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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 May 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.