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Cajun Boil & Shake
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 26, 2024
- address5500 S Shore Dr, Chicago 60637
Is Cajun Boil & Shake clean?
Cajun Boil & Shake is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 26, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cajun Boil & Shake?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN AT SOUTH HAND WASHING SINK IN BAR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON SOUTH HAND WASHING SINK IN BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON SOUTH HAND WASHING SINK IN BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS IN PREP AND BAR AREAS. ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS IN PREP AND BAR AREAS. ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKING DRAINPIPE UNDER 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN BAR AREA AND REAR HAND WASHING SINK NEAR WALK-IN COOLER IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DAMAGED BASEBOARD NEAR COOLER IN BAR AREA, MISSING GROUT AND DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Cajun Boil & Shake last inspected?
Cajun Boil & Shake has 14 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| August 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 21, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2023 | — | |
| January 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 29, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cajun Boil & Shake vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 August 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.