Clarke's

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 11, 2016
• address1447 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615

Is Clarke's clean?

Clarke's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 11, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Clarke's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 11, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER, WITH A VALID CERTIFICATE ON ON SITE, ON 3/2/16, REPORT # 1658252, WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. (EGGS,SOUP,ETC) MUST PROVIDE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-32-012
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPAIR THE BROKEN DOOR AT THE WHITE REACH IN FREEZER
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPAIR THE BROKEN DOOR AT THE WHITE REACH IN FREEZER
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FRYERS. MUST REMOVE GREASE AND OTHER FOOD DEBRIS. ALSO DETAIL CLEAN SHELVING RACKS AND THE EXTERIOR OF LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT PREP,STORAGE AND DISH WASHING AREAS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS AND FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT PREP,STORAGE AND DISH WASHING AREAS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS AND FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT PREP,STORAGE AND DISH WASHING AREAS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN DISH WASHING AREAS AND REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN DISH WASHING AREAS AND REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR THE LEAKY FAUCET AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR BROKEN FAUCET HANDLES AT THE HAND SINK IN THE FRONT OF THE PREP AREA NEAR THE SOUP HOT HOLDING UNITS.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES AS REQUIRED
  Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES AS REQUIRED

When was Clarke's last inspected?

Clarke's has 14 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Clarke's vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 March 11, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.