Catering Out The Box

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 5, 2019
• address2443 W 16Th St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineCatering

Is Catering Out The Box clean?

Catering Out The Box is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 5, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Catering Out The Box?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 5, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING ON DELI MEATS IN WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY DATE/LABEL TO INDICATE THE DAY OR DATE BY WHICH THE FOOD SHALL BE CONSUMED, SOLD, OR DISPOSED OF FOR A MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS WHEN HELD FOR MORE THAN 24HOURS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 41*F OR LESS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Plant Food Properly Cooked For Hot Holding
  Plant Food Properly Cooked For Hot Holding
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE CHAR GRILL DRIP TRAY NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN., ALSO DEFROST REAR BOX FREEZER AND CLEAN ICE BUILD UP.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT COFFEE MAKER REAR, INSTRUCTED TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE SO THAT IT MAY BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE WALLS BEHIND THE SLICER, PREP TABLE, HANDSINK ON THE SOUTH WALL NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEAN THE DISH AREA WALL WEST. • OBSERVED CLUTTER THRU-OUT PREMISES, INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE AND REMOVE ANY ITEM NOT BEING USED. ALSO OBSERVED 1 SMAL AND 2 MEDIUM PROPANE TANKS, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE OUT OF THE BUILDING.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED ONE LIGHT ONT OVER THE FRYER AT THIS COOKING STATION, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED ONE LIGHT ONT OVER THE FRYER AT THIS COOKING STATION, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITH OUT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES EVEN THE DISH WASHER.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITH OUT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES EVEN THE DISH WASHER.

When was Catering Out The Box last inspected?

Catering Out The Box has 14 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Catering Out The Box vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 June 5, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.