Current

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 15, 2014
• address644 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago 60611

Is Current clean?

Current is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 15, 2014. 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 Current?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • CLEAN UTENSILS RACK AT DISH WASHING AREA TOO CLOSE TO FLOOR, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP 6" OFF FLOOR.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • CLEAN UTENSILS RACK AT DISH WASHING AREA TOO CLOSE TO FLOOR, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP 6" OFF FLOOR.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REUSABLE BOTTLES WITH NICK FOR WATER SERVICE, INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE, MUST USE UTENSILS THAT CAN BE WASHED EASILY.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REUSABLE BOTTLES WITH NICK FOR WATER SERVICE, INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE, MUST USE UTENSILS THAT CAN BE WASHED EASILY.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MEAT SLICER NOT CLEANED PROPERLY BEHIND BLADE AND HOUSING, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE MACHINE PROPERLY.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • INADEQUATE LIGHTING INSIDE MAIN KITCHEN WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO HAND WASH SINK AT COFFEE STATION, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.

When was Current last inspected?

Current has 7 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2010.

Current vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

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• ✓ Crofton On Wells
  cooked · June 2, 2010
• ✓ Underground Chicago
  cooked · October 30, 2023
• ? Daavat Restaurant
  cooked · February 24, 2012
• ✕ Board Room
  cooked · August 8, 2014
• ? Tony's Place
  cooked · August 30, 2010

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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 May 15, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.