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Enso
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 14, 2023
- address1611 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Enso clean?
Enso is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 14, 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 Enso?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 14, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • REPAIR THE LEAK AT THE DRAIN LINE OF THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN THE REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA NEXT TO THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
When was Enso last inspected?
Enso has 19 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 20, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| December 16, 2024 | — | |
| December 9, 2024 | — | |
| August 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 15, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 30, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 13, 2021 | — | |
| July 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 30, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Enso vs West Town
West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 August 14, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.