Dishroulette Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 25, 2024
• address1316 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Dishroulette Kitchen clean?

Dishroulette Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 25, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dishroulette Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 25, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 OBSERVED A HAND WASHING SIGN IS NEEDED AT THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-502.13 OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE TO-GO FOOD CONTAINERS NOT INVERTED BY THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT SINGLE SERVICE CONTAINERS TO PROTECT FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-502.13 OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE TO-GO FOOD CONTAINERS NOT INVERTED BY THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT SINGLE SERVICE CONTAINERS TO PROTECT FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 OBSERVED A CRACKED WALL TILE ABOVE THE FLATTOP GRILL IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SAID SURFACE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • 6-501.12 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST DEBRIS ON THE VENTS LOCATED ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11 OBSERVED BURNT-OUT LIGHTING ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LIGHT BULBS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11 OBSERVED BURNT-OUT LIGHTING ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LIGHT BULBS.

When was Dishroulette Kitchen last inspected?

Dishroulette Kitchen has 7 inspections on record going back to September 30, 2021.

Dishroulette Kitchen vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 25, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.