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Adler Planetarium
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 21, 2024
- address1300 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago 60605
Is Adler Planetarium clean?
Adler Planetarium is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 21, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Adler Planetarium?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food manager on dutycriticalPerson In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( chicken, beef...) instructed to obtain, priority foundation violation 7-37-012.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Keeping Ice scoop on top of dusty ice maker, instructed to keep in a clean holder. keeping spoons in standing water at room temperature, instructed to keep in a dry clean container.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Keeping Ice scoop on top of dusty ice maker, instructed to keep in a clean holder. keeping spoons in standing water at room temperature, instructed to keep in a dry clean container.
When was Adler Planetarium last inspected?
Adler Planetarium has 22 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2025 | — | |
| May 21, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 12, 2023 | — | |
| August 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 10, 2021 | — | |
| August 2, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 17, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 16, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 6, 2018 | Fail |
Adler Planetarium vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 21, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.