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Rush Street Pantry
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 26, 2026
- address540 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Rush Street Pantry clean?
Rush Street Pantry is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Rush Street Pantry?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE UPPER PORTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • FOUND THE FOLLOWING TCS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 47.0 F AND 48.0 F INSIDE REACH IN COOLER #6- CHICKEN, BEEF BURGERS AND BACON. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41.0 F OR BELOW IF HELD COLD. ALL OUT OF TEMPERATURE TCS FOODS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. FOODS DISCARDED WEIGHT- 15 LBS, VALUED AT $150.00.
When was Rush Street Pantry last inspected?
Rush Street Pantry has 16 inspections on record going back to December 2, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 26, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 1, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2014 | Pass |
Rush Street Pantry vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 January 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.