Circle Sushi & Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2021
• address1623 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614

Is Circle Sushi & Grill clean?

Circle Sushi & Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 8, 2021. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Circle Sushi & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2021, 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 SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURE OR CLEAN-UP KIT ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED 3LBS OF SHRIMP AT 59 F VALUED AT $20, OBSERVED 3 LBS OF CHICKEN AT 58.6F VALUED AT $10, AND 2 DOZEN EGGS AT 55F VALUED AT $10. ALL FOOD WAS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.CITATION ISSUED
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED REMINDERS AND DISCLOSURE PRINTED INCORRECTLY ON MENUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • OBSERVED LAB RESULTS FOR SUSHI RICE OUT OF DATE. MUST UPDATE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED 4 COOLERS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE CONTAINING TIME/ TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOODS, INCLUDING RAW FISH, CHICKEN, AND EGGS. 2 COUNTER SUSHI COOLERS AT 55F, A REACH-IN COOLER ON THE COOKING LINE AT 59.7F, AND A STANDING COOLER AT 56.9F WERE ALL TAGGED DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERERVED NO THERMOMETERS WITHIN SUSHI CASES OR REFRIGERATION UNITS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED DOORS TO SUSHI COOLERS IN DISREPAIR AND COVERED IN TAPE. MUST REMOVE TAPE AND REPLACE COOLER DOORS OF SUSHI COOLERS.

When was Circle Sushi & Grill last inspected?

Circle Sushi & Grill has 12 inspections on record going back to December 6, 2013.

Circle Sushi & Grill vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 8, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.