Thimi's Empanadas

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 9, 2025 →
• address1247 S Western Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Thimi's Empanadas clean?

Thimi's Empanadas is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Thimi's Empanadas?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Time As A Public Health Control; Procedures & Records
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Thimi's Empanadas last inspected?

Thimi's Empanadas has 4 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2023.

Thimi's Empanadas vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 78% clean across 243 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 44 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 243 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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.

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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 April 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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