White Castle #49

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 19, 2025
• address11050 S Halsted St, Chicago 60628

Is White Castle #49 clean?

White Castle #49 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 19, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at White Castle #49?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDSINK AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL HANDSINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AND HANSWASHING SIGNAGE. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN 90 GRACE GIVEN DUE TO LAST INSPECTION BEING IN 2021.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OUTSIDE BASEMENT DOOR IN NEED OF RODENT PROOFING. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SECURED STRIP ADDED TO BOTTOM OF DOOR CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP OF FOOD SPILLS. CLEAN ALL RUBBER GASKETS TO REMOVE ALL FOOD BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP OF FOOD SPILLS. CLEAN ALL RUBBER GASKETS TO REMOVE ALL FOOD BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN SIDES TOP AND BOTTOM OF ALL UNITS TO REMOVE GREASE. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MOP SINK IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DEBRIS AND BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEEAN AND MAINTAIN. • DRIVE THRU HAND SINK IN NEED OF REPAIR. LEAKING AT P-TRAP INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • TOILET ROOMS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • TOILET ROOMS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OUTDOOR GARBAGE AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE OLD LEAVES AND OTHER BLOWN IN TRASH. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AREA AND MAINTAIN
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OUTDOOR GARBAGE AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE OLD LEAVES AND OTHER BLOWN IN TRASH. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AREA AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS THROUGHOUT BACK ROOM AND BASEMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT AND TABLES. CLEAN ALL COVING WITH BUILD UP. DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was White Castle #49 last inspected?

White Castle #49 has 16 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

White Castle #49 vs Morgan Park

Morgan Park runs 67% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 40 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.

Other spots in Morgan Park

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• ✓ Lil's Dietary Specialy Shop
  clean · April 20, 2023
• ✓ Cafe Harold's Llc
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• ✓ Eddie's Market
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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 March 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.