Red Snapper

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 5, 2026
• address2804 W Marquette Rd, Chicago 60629

Is Red Snapper clean?

Red Snapper is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Red Snapper?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN IN RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDSINKS.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK INGREDIENTS IN NON-ORIGINAL CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED SCOOPS AND CONTAINERS IMPROPERLY STORED IN BULK CONTAINERS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO STORE SCOOPS OUTSIDE OF PRODUCTS IN SANITARY CONTAINERS.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED SCOOPS AND CONTAINERS IMPROPERLY STORED IN BULK CONTAINERS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO STORE SCOOPS OUTSIDE OF PRODUCTS IN SANITARY CONTAINERS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL BEING USED ON TABLES AND SHELVES THROUGHOUT FACILITY AND WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT LABELED DESIGNATING WASH-RINSE-SANITIZE COMPARTMENTS. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT LABELED DESIGNATING WASH-RINSE-SANITIZE COMPARTMENTS. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR OF COLD HOLD UNITS IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED RESIDUE AROUND BOTTOM OF TOILET. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED RESIDUE AROUND BOTTOM OF TOILET. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HANDISNK IN RESTROOM COMING LOOSE FROM WALL CREATING A GAP. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO SEAL AND MAINTAIN.

When was Red Snapper last inspected?

Red Snapper has 14 inspections on record going back to September 24, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Red Snapper vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in Chicago Lawn

• ✓ Genova Pizza
  clean · February 6, 2013
• ✓ La'ra's
  clean · May 17, 2013
• ✓! La Fogata
  mid · July 22, 2019
• ✓ Subway
  clean · June 3, 2026
• ✓ Southwest Senior Center / Golden Diner
  clean · April 23, 2025
• ✓ In Quick Mart
  clean · January 28, 2013

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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 March 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.