Room Forty Three

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 6, 2024 →
• address1041-1043 E 43Rd St, Chicago 60653

Is Room Forty Three clean?

Room Forty Three is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 6, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Room Forty Three?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Room Forty Three last inspected?

Room Forty Three has 12 inspections on record going back to June 6, 2011.

Room Forty Three vs Oakland

Oakland runs 81% clean across 27 tracked restaurants — 22 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 27 spots Cooked tracks in Oakland, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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.

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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 November 6, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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