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Big Top Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 24, 2019
- address6348 W Higgins Ave, Chicago 60630
Is Big Top Restaurant clean?
Big Top Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 24, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Big Top Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 24, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON THE VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE COOKING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAINContamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON THE VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE COOKING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED DRAIN STOPPERS IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAINWarewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED DRAIN STOPPERS IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN
When was Big Top Restaurant last inspected?
Big Top Restaurant has 22 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| January 24, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 28, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 29, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 23, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 29, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 7, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2016 | Pass |
Big Top Restaurant vs Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park runs 69% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 47 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 January 24, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.