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Couscous Restarurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 30, 2023
- address1445 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607
Is Couscous Restarurant clean?
Couscous Restarurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 30, 2023. 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 Couscous Restarurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-306.11 OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS OF FOOD BEING STORED IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA WITHOUT LIDS/COVERS. MUST PROVIDE COVERS FOR CONTAINERS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM DUST, ETC.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-306.11 OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS OF FOOD BEING STORED IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA WITHOUT LIDS/COVERS. MUST PROVIDE COVERS FOR CONTAINERS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM DUST, ETC.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD ON THE STOVE AND GRILL, INSIDE THE FRYER AND MICROWAVES, AND ON THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK. ALSO NOTED HEAVY DIRT AND FOOD ACCUMULATION INSIDE ALL COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 FOUND NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE UNISEX WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 FOUND NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE UNISEX WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11 FOUND POOR LIGHTING IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN SAID AREA AND MAINTAIN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11 FOUND POOR LIGHTING IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN SAID AREA AND MAINTAIN.
When was Couscous Restarurant last inspected?
Couscous Restarurant has 22 inspections on record going back to January 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| January 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 12, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 1, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 9, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 2, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2017 | Fail | |
| May 3, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Couscous Restarurant vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 January 30, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.