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Cite Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 23, 2021
- address505 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago 60611
Is Cite Restaurant clean?
Cite Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 23, 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 Cite Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2021, 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 HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COPIES OF HEALTH POLICY SIGNED BY ALL EMPLOYEES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO KIT AND PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN KIT AND PROCEDURE ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE ON SITE WITHOUT PROPER TESTING DEVICE. MUST PROVIDE AN IRREVERSIBLE TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE (SUCH AS A WATERPROOF THERMOMETER OR HEAT STRIPS) TO ACCURATELY MEASURE THE UTENSIL SURFACE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE ON SITE WITHOUT PROPER TESTING DEVICE. MUST PROVIDE AN IRREVERSIBLE TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE (SUCH AS A WATERPROOF THERMOMETER OR HEAT STRIPS) TO ACCURATELY MEASURE THE UTENSIL SURFACE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
When was Cite Restaurant last inspected?
Cite Restaurant has 19 inspections on record going back to October 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| April 23, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 8, 2021 | — | |
| October 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 17, 2019 | — | |
| June 8, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 16, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 16, 2014 | Pass |
Cite Restaurant vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 April 23, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.