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.

Trader Joe's vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 80% clean across 297 tracked restaurants — 235 clean, 51 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 297 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in Near South Side

• ✓ Trader Joe's
  clean · August 16, 2011
• ✓ Express Mart On Michigan Inc.
  cooked · November 27, 2012
• ✓ Lakeside Convenient
  cooked · December 17, 2015
• ✓! Acadia Restaurant
  cooked · September 26, 2019
• ✓ Acadia Restaurant
  clean · December 6, 2011
• ✓ Aramark
  cooked · June 13, 2011

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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 November 20, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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