Alinea: Progression

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 25, 2016
• address945 W Fulton Market, Chicago 60607

Is Alinea: Progression clean?

Alinea: Progression is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Alinea: Progression?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SHELF LINING ON BOTTOM OF PREP TABLE WITH RUSTY SURFACE UNDERNEATH. RUSTY WIRE RACKS IN COOLERS. INSTD TO REMOVE LINING AND RUST. DOOR HANDLE OF PREP COOLER IN POOR REPAIR, CRACKED. REPAIR SAME.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SHELF LINING ON BOTTOM OF PREP TABLE WITH RUSTY SURFACE UNDERNEATH. RUSTY WIRE RACKS IN COOLERS. INSTD TO REMOVE LINING AND RUST. DOOR HANDLE OF PREP COOLER IN POOR REPAIR, CRACKED. REPAIR SAME.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN REAR BY WAIT/POUR STATION WITH WORN SURFACES, PEELING PAINT. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME SO AS SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN, AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN REAR BY WAIT/POUR STATION WITH WORN SURFACES, PEELING PAINT. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME SO AS SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN, AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • BACK FLOW DEVICE AT UTILITY SINK IN POOR REPAIR. REPAIR SAME.

When was Alinea: Progression last inspected?

Alinea: Progression has 1 inspection on record going back to March 25, 2016.

Alinea: Progression 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 30% 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 March 25, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.