Consume

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 11, 2024
• address3452 S Western Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Consume clean?

Consume is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2024. 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 Consume?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2024, 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 • 2-102.14(O) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE NOR ADEQUATE SUPPLIES ON SITE TO PROPERLY RESPOND TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA INCIDENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 OBSERVED THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR OPEN WITHOUT A PROPER SCREEN TO PREVENT PESTS ' ENTRY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SCREENING OR MAINTAIN THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR CLOSED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.17 OBSERVED RAW WOOD ATTACHED TO THE FLAT TOP GRILL. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL RAW WOOD OR REMOVE.

When was Consume last inspected?

Consume has 1 inspection on record going back to June 11, 2024.

Consume vs Mckinley Park

Mckinley Park runs 68% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 39 mid, 35 cooked.

Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Mckinley Park, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 June 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.