Whole Foods Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 12, 2026
• address1101 S Canal St, Chicago 60607
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Whole Foods Market clean?

Whole Foods Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 12, 2026. 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 Whole Foods Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • OBSERVED DIFFERENT SPECIES OF OYSTERS (BLUEPINT, CHEBOOKTOOK, PACIFIC) EACH WITH DIFFERENT CERTIFICATION NUMBER, HARVEST DATES, AND GROWING AREAS BEING STORED IN SAME CONTAINER, COMMINGLED, AND TOUCHING IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTD TO STORE SHELLSTOCK PROPERLY AND NOT COMMINGLED WITH DIFFERENT SPECIES, CERTIFICATION NUMBERS, HARVEST DATES AND GROWING AREAS ALL VOLUNATARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. APPROX 30LBS, $1000 VALUE. CITATION ISSUE 7-38-005 PRIORITY FOUNDATIONcritical
  Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • OBSERVED DIFFERENT SPECIES OF OYSTERS (BLUEPINT, CHEBOOKTOOK, PACIFIC) EACH WITH DIFFERENT CERTIFICATION NUMBER, HARVEST DATES, AND GROWING AREAS BEING STORED IN SAME CONTAINER, COMMINGLED, AND TOUCHING IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTD TO STORE SHELLSTOCK PROPERLY AND NOT COMMINGLED WITH DIFFERENT SPECIES, CERTIFICATION NUMBERS, HARVEST DATES AND GROWING AREAS ALL VOLUNATARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. APPROX 30LBS, $1000 VALUE. CITATION ISSUE 7-38-005 PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • CUTTING BOARDS IN HOT FOOD PREP AREA HEAVILY STAINED WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES . INSTD TO REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • BLACK SUBSTANCE ON CAULKING ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS IN WAREWASHING AREA AND MEAT PREP AREA. INSTD TO REMOVE BLACK SUBSTANCE/REPLACE CAULKING AND MAINTAIN

When was Whole Foods Market last inspected?

Whole Foods Market has 46 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Whole Foods Market vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

• ? Brk Food And Deli
  cooked · April 15, 2013
• ✓ Stanley's On Racine
  clean · August 8, 2011
• ✓! Sun & Moon Company
  mid · December 16, 2019
• ? Saxbys Coffee
  cooked · December 26, 2014
• ✓ 7-Eleven
  clean · November 14, 2022
• ✓ Epples Restaurant
  clean · August 27, 2025

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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 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.