Copernicus Foundation

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 29, 2012
• address5216 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Copernicus Foundation clean?

Copernicus Foundation is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 29, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Copernicus Foundation?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 29, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of ice machine . cooler shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices).Cooler shelving need cleaning.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in bsmt storage areas not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners), floors in kitchen area under counter need cleaning.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in bsmt storage areas not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners), floors in kitchen area under counter need cleaning.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Peeling paint in 2nd floor bathrooms(woman's) had peeling paint, shall be repaired/sealed.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Peeling paint in 2nd floor bathrooms(woman's) had peeling paint, shall be repaired/sealed.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Light shields in bathrooms, storage areas, 1st floor, 2nd floor not clean, need cleaning.

When was Copernicus Foundation last inspected?

Copernicus Foundation has 4 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2010.

Copernicus Foundation vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 August 29, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.