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Trader Joe's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 20, 2024
- address1147 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60605
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Trader Joe's clean?
Trader Joe's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 20, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Trader Joe's?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Trader Joe's last inspected?
Trader Joe's has 14 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 17, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 30, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 30, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 21, 2014 | Pass |
Trader Joe's vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 52% 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 November 20, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.