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Taste Of Chicago
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2026
- address3170 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60608
Is Taste Of Chicago clean?
Taste Of Chicago is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taste Of Chicago?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED A KNIFE BEING STORED BETWEEN REACH IN COOLER AND PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO WASH, RINSE, AND SANITIZE UTENSIL AND PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED A KNIFE BEING STORED BETWEEN REACH IN COOLER AND PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO WASH, RINSE, AND SANITIZE UTENSIL AND PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • LARGE CAN OPENER IN NEED OF CLENING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE SOME FOOD SPILLS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Taste Of Chicago last inspected?
Taste Of Chicago has 10 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 4, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 3, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| May 21, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2011 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2010 | Pass |
Taste Of Chicago vs Mckinley Park
Mckinley Park runs 68% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 39 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Mckinley Park, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 March 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.