Red Snapper

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 31, 2026 →
• address1418 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615

Is Red Snapper clean?

Red Snapper is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 31, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Red Snapper?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 31, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected

When was Red Snapper last inspected?

Red Snapper has 30 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Red Snapper vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 80% clean across 211 tracked restaurants — 168 clean, 36 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 211 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Hyde Park

• ✓ The University Of Chicago Saieh Hall/Starbucks
  clean · June 11, 2024
• ✓! B' Gabs Goodies, Llc
  mid · May 14, 2025
• ? Hyde Park Car Wash Inc
  cooked · December 3, 2013
• ✓ Papa John's Pizza
  cooked · September 28, 2016
• ✓ Starbucks Coffee
  cooked · July 10, 2020
• ✓ Starbucks Coffee
  clean · August 25, 2015

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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