The Harper Theater

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 11, 2024 →
• address5238 S Harper Ave, Chicago 60615

Is The Harper Theater clean?

The Harper Theater is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 11, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Harper Theater?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 11, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was The Harper Theater last inspected?

The Harper Theater has 4 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2023.

The Harper Theater vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 80% clean across 211 tracked restaurants — 168 clean, 36 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 211 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

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• ✓ The Harper Theater
  clean · May 4, 2023
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  cooked · May 3, 2023
• ✓ Litehouse Grill
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• ✓ A & S Beverages Wine Spirits 3
  clean · June 16, 2023
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  clean · June 16, 2023
• ✓! Strugglebeard Bakery
  mid · August 13, 2024

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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 October 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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