Costello's Sandwiches

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 24, 2015
• address4647 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Costello's Sandwiches clean?

Costello's Sandwiches is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 24, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Costello's Sandwiches?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2015, 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 • SURFACES OF EXPOSED HAND SINK SPLASH GUARD NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DAILY,
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN THROUGHOUT PREMISES, UNDER AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT FIRST FLOOR AND BASEMENT AREAS, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY,
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN THROUGHOUT PREMISES, UNDER AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT FIRST FLOOR AND BASEMENT AREAS, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY,
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS AND CEILING SURFACES NOT CLEAN, STAINED CEILING TILE NEEDS REPLACED, AND WALL NEEDS CLEAN/REPAINT,
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS AND CEILING SURFACES NOT CLEAN, STAINED CEILING TILE NEEDS REPLACED, AND WALL NEEDS CLEAN/REPAINT,
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CLUTTER THRU-OUT THE BASEMENT; INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEAN AND ORGANIZE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ARTICLES MUST BE STORED OFF FLOORS, AWAY FROM WALLS.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • SOME EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING IN ILLINOIS CERTIFICATES AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION, MUST PROVIDE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO'S REQUIRED TO HAVE IT,
  Food Handler Requirements Met • SOME EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING IN ILLINOIS CERTIFICATES AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION, MUST PROVIDE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO'S REQUIRED TO HAVE IT,

When was Costello's Sandwiches last inspected?

Costello's Sandwiches has 11 inspections on record going back to June 22, 2010.

Costello's Sandwiches vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 24, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.