Claudio's

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 3, 2021
• address2018 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Claudio's clean?

Claudio's is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 3, 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 Claudio's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • FOUND CHLORINE BASED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN USE INADEQUATELY SANITIZING AT 0 PPM. LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION BY CDPH. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE EQUIPMENT UNTIL IT IS RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH AND MAINTAINING A CONCENTRATION OF 50- 100 PPM. PRIORITY VIOLATION.7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures • FOUND CHICKEN AT 125 F LOCATED IN FRONT STORAGE AREA. MUST PROVIDE A HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 135 F OR ABOVE AT ALL TIMES. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • FOUND POT TO LARGE TO FIT IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN MANUAL WAREWASHING PROCEDURE FOR ANY POTS THAT CANNOT FIT IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK OR LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • FOUND POT TO LARGE TO FIT IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN MANUAL WAREWASHING PROCEDURE FOR ANY POTS THAT CANNOT FIT IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK OR LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE.

When was Claudio's last inspected?

Claudio's has 4 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2020.

Claudio's vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 February 3, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.