Earth's Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 17, 2019
• address3715-3717 N Halsted St, Chicago 60613

Is Earth's Kitchen clean?

Earth's Kitchen is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 17, 2019. 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 Earth's Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(N) NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • : 2-501.11 NO WRITTEN CLEANING PROCEDURE OR REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENT. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17 OBSERVED PREPARED TCS FOODS NOT PROPERLY DATE LABELED WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE NO LONGER THAN 7 DAYS. MUST PROPERLY DATE LABEL ALL SUCH FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • : 3-603.11 MENU DOES NOT DISCLOSE AND INFORM CONSUMERS THE SPECIFIC MENU ITEMS THAT ARE RAW OR UNDER COOKED AND A POTENTIAL HAZARD OF CONSUMING SUCH FOOD. MUST DISCLOSE AND REMIND OF SUCH ITEMS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • : 3-302.12 MISSING LABELS ON SOME BULK FOOD, SPICE ITEMS AND BULK RICE VINEGAR CONTAINER. MUST PROPERLY LABEL WITH COMMON NAME.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE HALLWAY DRY STORAGE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS 6" OR ABOVE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE HALLWAY DRY STORAGE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS 6" OR ABOVE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • : 3-304.14 ALL PREP AREA WET WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12 MUST PROVIDE PROPER SCOOPS WITH INVERTED HANDLES FOR ALL DRY BULK FOODS AND A LADLE WITH A HANDLE FOR THE RICE VINEGAR.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12 MUST PROVIDE PROPER SCOOPS WITH INVERTED HANDLES FOR ALL DRY BULK FOODS AND A LADLE WITH A HANDLE FOR THE RICE VINEGAR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • : 4-501.11: MUST PROVIDE PROPER SINK STOPPERS FOR THE KITCHEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. • 4-202.16 WOODEN SINK BASIN CABINET IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IN POOR REPAIR WITH DAMAGED, CHIPPING WOOD. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15 LEAKS UNDER THE KITCHEN THREE COMPARTMENT AND HAND WASHING SINKS. BOTH REPAIRED WITH DUCT TAPE ON PIPES UNDER THE SINKS AND LEAKING ONTO THE FLOORS. MUST PROPERLY REPAIR.-----EXTREMELY SLOW DRAIN AT THE FRONT SUSHI PREP HAND WASHING SINK. MUST REPAIR. • : 4-301.16 MUST INSTALL A ONE COMPARTMENT FOOD PREPARATION SINK IN THE FRONT SUSHI PREP AREA.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • : 6-201.11 DIRTY FLOORS WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DEBRIS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COOLERS, AROUND METAL FLOOR BOX COVER AT THE COOKS LINE COOLER, UNDER AND AROUND THE GREASE TRAP OR THE COOKS LINE, THROUGHOUT HALLWAY STORAGE AND UNDER THE ICE BIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL. • 6-201.13 MISSING FLOOR BASEBOARD COVING IN THE HALLWAY DRY STORAGE AREA AND RAW WOODEN COVING ON THE COOKS LINE. MUST REPLACE MISSING COVING AND PROVIDE NON-ABSORBENT COVING. • 6-201.11 WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN BOTH WASHROOMS AND IN REAR KITCHEN. MUST REPLACE.----PEELING WALL CAULKING AT THE SUSHI PREP HAND SINK, MUST REPLACE.----RAW PRESSED WOODEN WALL AS A BACK SPLASH FOR THE FRONT SUSHI PREP TABLE. MUST PAINT/SEAL TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH CLEANABLE SURFACE. • 6-101.11 MISSING/CRACKED FLOOR DRAIN COVER IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MISSING/ DAMAGED FLOOR TILES AT THE REAR KITCHEN COOLERS AND ICE MACHINE. MUST REPLACE ALL. • 6-501.114 ALL CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED IN THE HVAC CLOSET MUST BE REMOVED AND ALL OTHER ITEMS STORED ELEVATED AND ORGANIZED.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • : 6-202.11 MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE REAR KITCHEN TALL REACH-IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE/PROVIDE SHIELD.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • : 6-202.11 MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE REAR KITCHEN TALL REACH-IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE/PROVIDE SHIELD.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • : 2-102.13 NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • : 2-102.13 NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Earth's Kitchen last inspected?

Earth's Kitchen has 8 inspections on record going back to May 5, 2016.

Earth's Kitchen vs Lake View

Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 April 17, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.