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 dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored

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.

Adler Planetarium vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 80% clean across 297 tracked restaurants — 235 clean, 51 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 297 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 May 21, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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