Awake With Pearl Inc

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2013
• address11 W 26Th St, Chicago 60616

Is Awake With Pearl Inc clean?

Awake With Pearl Inc is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Awake With Pearl Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FOUND 3 REACH IN COOLERS IN POOR REPAIR. AIR TEMPERATURE 48.9 DEGREES FOR COOLER #1 AND OTHER 2 UNITS NOT IN OPERATION. NO REFRIGERATORS AVAILABLE FOR STORAGE OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDSOUS FOODS. COOLER BEING TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL VIUOLATION 7-38-005(A) CITATION ISSUED FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS PRODUCT AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE...EGGS, HAM, BACON, CHEESE, LIQUID EGGS. 47.2 - 52.3 DEGREES. ALL PRODUCT WAS DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. TOTAL VALUE $200.00 50LBS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) CITATION ISSUED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE.
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • 3 COMPARTMENT SINK BACKING UP WHEN THE WATER IS ON. NOT DRAINING. UNABLE TO PROPERLY SET UP SINK TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL MULTI USE UTENSILS. DRAIN LINE/PIPE AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED USING RUBBER TUBING AS DRAIN LINE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030 CITATION ISSUED. DISHWASHING FACILITIES NOT MAINTAINED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOUND A BUS TUB OF ICE NOT COVERED BEING STORED UNDER A SOAP DISPENSOR AND AN OPEN BOTTLE OF RUBBING ALCOHOL. ICE HAS BEEN DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)CITATION ISSUED FOOD NOT PROTECTED.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO PERSON ON SITE WITH A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. EGGS, HAM, POTATOES ETC... INSTUCTED MANAGER ON SITE TO HAVE SANITATION CERTIFICATE AND PERSON ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED NO PERSON ON SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE.
• ⚠️Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Properly Designed And Installed • FOUND EMPLOYEE/CUSTOMER WASHROOM WITH NO HOT WATER AT THE WASHBOWLS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030 CITATION ISSUED. NO HOT WATER IN CUSTOMER BATHROOM.
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Properly Designed And Installed • FOUND EMPLOYEE/CUSTOMER WASHROOM WITH NO HOT WATER AT THE WASHBOWLS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030 CITATION ISSUED. NO HOT WATER IN CUSTOMER BATHROOM.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP. ALL EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING AND MAINTAINING.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND SMOKE BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND SMOKE BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • VENTIALTION NEEDED ABOVE FRYER, FLAT TOP GRILL AND STOVE TOP. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.

When was Awake With Pearl Inc last inspected?

Awake With Pearl Inc has 4 inspections on record going back to September 22, 2010.

Awake With Pearl Inc vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 July 18, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.