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The Fat Shallot
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 28, 2026
- address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
- cuisineMobile Food Preparer
Is The Fat Shallot clean?
The Fat Shallot is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Fat Shallot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.
When was The Fat Shallot last inspected?
The Fat Shallot has 15 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 7, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 2, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 14, 2016 | Pass |
The Fat Shallot vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 48% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 553 clean, 95 mid, 494 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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 April 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.