Variety Foods

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 25, 2025 →
• address7001 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60626
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Variety Foods clean?

Variety Foods is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 25, 2025. 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 Variety Foods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🪳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
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Variety Foods last inspected?

Variety Foods has 2 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2025.

Variety Foods vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 78% clean across 312 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 61 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 312 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 June 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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