Aurora Chicago Lakeshore

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 21, 2019
• address4720 N Clarendon, Chicago 60640

Is Aurora Chicago Lakeshore clean?

Aurora Chicago Lakeshore is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 21, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 21, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOLLOWING THE NEW CODE AND GUIDELINES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VERIFICATION OF EACH EMPLOYEE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT AND PROCEDURE ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES AS OUTLINED IN POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT HAND SINKS IN FRONT AND IN REAR BY HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED MINOR DEBRIS BUILD UP IN ICE MACHINE IN KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO LIDS ON TRASH CANS IN GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO LIDS ON TRASH CANS IN GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED NO DOOR TO BATHROOM STALL IN GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM (LEFT SIDE). INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL. • OBSERVED MINOR FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOORS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES FOR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE THEIR CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE.

When was Aurora Chicago Lakeshore last inspected?

Aurora Chicago Lakeshore has 12 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2013.

Aurora Chicago Lakeshore vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 November 21, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.