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Chicago Cheese Steak Company
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 10, 2019
- address7759 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652
Is Chicago Cheese Steak Company clean?
Chicago Cheese Steak Company is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 10, 2019. 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 Chicago Cheese Steak Company?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY, ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY ITEMS CLEAN-UP KIT ITEMS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY TO EAT/TCS FOODS WITHOUT PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL TCS FOODS, PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS MUST HAVE PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INSIDES OF THE COOLERS AND FREEZERS IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA ENCASED WITH FOOD RESIDUE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA ABOVE THE 3-DOOR COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Chicago Cheese Steak Company last inspected?
Chicago Cheese Steak Company has 9 inspections on record going back to October 19, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 19, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| April 10, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 17, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 8, 2012 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 19, 2010 | Pass |
Chicago Cheese Steak Company vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 April 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.