Big Dolphin

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 28, 2017
• address5810 W North Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Big Dolphin clean?

Big Dolphin is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 28, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Big Dolphin?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 28, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Dish Machines: Provided With Accurate Thermometers, Chemical Test Kits And Suitable Gauge Cock • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT ON SITE, AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CHEMICAL TEST KIT TO DETERMINE PROPER CONCENTRATION OF SANITIZING SOLUTION. MANAGER CORRECT VIOLATION DURING INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN REAR DRY STORAGE AREA, WITH NO VISIBLE LABELS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LABELS. MAINTAIN IT ALL TIMES.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN REAR DRY STORAGE AREA, WITH NO VISIBLE LABELS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LABELS. MAINTAIN IT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED DARK DEEP GROOVES AND STAINS ON CUTTING BOARD LOCATED ON TOP OF 2 DOOR PREP COOLER, IN FRONT COOK STATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RESURFACE AND OR REPLACED TO ENSURE ITS SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED CAULKING IN POOR REPAIR ALONG LEFT SIDE OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND BOTH EXPOSED HAND SINKS IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ABOVE, AT ALL TIMES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED DARK DEEP GROOVES AND STAINS ON CUTTING BOARD LOCATED ON TOP OF 2 DOOR PREP COOLER, IN FRONT COOK STATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RESURFACE AND OR REPLACED TO ENSURE ITS SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED CAULKING IN POOR REPAIR ALONG LEFT SIDE OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND BOTH EXPOSED HAND SINKS IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ABOVE, AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED STANDING WATER ON BOTTOM INTERIOR SURFACE OF JORDAN TWO-DOOR COOLER IN COOK PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED EXCESSIVE FOOD, DUST AND DEBRIS ENCRUSTED ON THE FOLLOWING AREAS: -ALL WIRE SHELVING UNITS LOCATED, IN COOK LINE AREA. -INSIDE ALL FRONT 2 DOOR COOLERS, IN COOK LINE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED BURNED OUT LIGHT ABOVE GRILL AND FRY STATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Big Dolphin last inspected?

Big Dolphin has 6 inspections on record going back to June 17, 2013.

Big Dolphin vs Austin

Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.

Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, 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 November 28, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.