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The Grand Ballroom
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 11, 2023
- address6351-6359 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60637
- cuisineBanquet Hall
Is The Grand Ballroom clean?
The Grand Ballroom is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 11, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Grand Ballroom?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • ALL WIPING CLOTHS WHEN NOT IN USE MUST BE AIR DRYED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN FRONT BAR AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was The Grand Ballroom last inspected?
The Grand Ballroom has 18 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2023 | — | |
| January 16, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 9, 2020 | Fail | |
| December 23, 2019 | — | |
| December 17, 2019 | — | |
| December 24, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 21, 2018 | Fail | |
| December 17, 2018 | Fail | |
| December 12, 2018 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2018 | Fail |
The Grand Ballroom vs Washington Park
Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 December 11, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.