Eat Purely

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 29, 2017
• address451-453 N Elizabeth St, Chicago 60642
• cuisineCatering

Is Eat Purely clean?

Eat Purely is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 29, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Eat Purely?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 29, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • THE FAUCET HEAD AT THE HAND SINK IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IS LOOSE. INSTRUCTED TO FASTEN THE FAUCET HEAD DOWN TO THE SINK AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON THE FOOD STORAGE RACKS UNDER THE CONDENSER, FAN VENT COVER, AND THE CEILING ABOVE THE FAN VENT COVERS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • THE FAUCET HEAD AT THE HAND SINK IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IS LOOSE. INSTRUCTED TO FASTEN THE FAUCET HEAD DOWN TO THE SINK AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON THE FOOD STORAGE RACKS UNDER THE CONDENSER, FAN VENT COVER, AND THE CEILING ABOVE THE FAN VENT COVERS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE BOTTOM SHELF OF THE REACH-IN FREEZER THAT IS OUT OF SERVICE TO REMOVE DRIED BROWN FOOD/LIQUID SUBSTANCE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS UNDER THE DRY FOOD STORAGE WHERE POTATOES ARE STORED TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP AND LIQUID SPLATTER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS UNDER THE DRY FOOD STORAGE WHERE POTATOES ARE STORED TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP AND LIQUID SPLATTER.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED YELLOW AND GREEN BUILDUP WITH PAINT CHIPPING AWAY FROM THE WALL TO THE RIGHT OF THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO FINISH REPAIRING THE WALL TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. • THE RUBBER BASEBOARD BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE HAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE WEST WALL BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE AND PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO REATTACH BASEBOARD TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE AT ALL TIMES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED YELLOW AND GREEN BUILDUP WITH PAINT CHIPPING AWAY FROM THE WALL TO THE RIGHT OF THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO FINISH REPAIRING THE WALL TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. • THE RUBBER BASEBOARD BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE HAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE WEST WALL BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE AND PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO REATTACH BASEBOARD TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE AT ALL TIMES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED A SLOW DRAINING HAND SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA WHERE THE SINK WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT A PLUMBER TO REPAIR SINK TO ALLOW PROPER DRAINAGE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Eat Purely last inspected?

Eat Purely has 6 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2015.

Eat Purely 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 30% 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 September 29, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.