Alex's Catering

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 23, 2014
• address2637 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineTruck

Is Alex's Catering clean?

Alex's Catering is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 23, 2014. 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 Alex's Catering?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • NO MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION.MOBILE FOOD DISPENSER WILL USE ICE TO MAINTAIN PACKAGED FOODS AT 40F OR LESS.

When was Alex's Catering last inspected?

Alex's Catering has 3 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2014.

Alex's Catering vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 September 23, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.