Carmine's Clam House

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 3, 2022
• address1037-1043 N Rush St, Chicago 60611

Is Carmine's Clam House clean?

Carmine's Clam House is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 3, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Carmine's Clam House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site, No certificate posted while handling and serving TCS foods ( chicken, fish.... ) instructed to obtain, Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • utensils in use kept in standing water container, instructed to keep under running cold or clean dry container.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • utensils in use kept in standing water container, instructed to keep under running cold or clean dry container.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Dusty cooling unit at produce walk-in cooler, instructed to clean and maintain.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • No covered receptacles in women's toilet room. instructed to provide.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • No covered receptacles in women's toilet room. instructed to provide.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Broken cooler door gasket noted, instructed to replace.

When was Carmine's Clam House last inspected?

Carmine's Clam House has 14 inspections on record going back to July 8, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Carmine's Clam House vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Carmine's Clam House
  clean · July 8, 2015
• ✓ Giordano's Navy Pier
  clean · May 7, 2026
• ✓ Giordano's Navy Pier
  clean · May 14, 2015
• ✓ Nico
  clean · June 4, 2015
• ✓ Franklin Room
  clean · May 26, 2015
• ✓ Dmk Burger Bar And Fish Bar
  clean · April 19, 2018

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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 October 3, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.