Truth

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 20, 2026 →
• address56 E Pershing Rd, Chicago 60653

Is Truth clean?

Truth is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🚩.

What did inspectors find at Truth?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Truth last inspected?

Truth has 21 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 4 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Truth vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 81% clean across 124 tracked restaurants — 98 clean, 20 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 124 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Grand Boulevard

• ✓ Truth
  clean · February 19, 2015
• ✓! Subway
  cooked · June 9, 2017
• ✓ Subway
  cooked · April 30, 2021
• ✓ China Wok
  cooked · June 21, 2016
• ✓ Tabernacle/Willa Rawls Manor
  cooked · March 7, 2012
• ✓ Bronzville Meat Market, Inc
  clean · June 16, 2015

See every restaurant inspection in Grand Boulevard →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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