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Fat Shack
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 4, 2024
- address2140 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60614
Is Fat Shack clean?
Fat Shack is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 4, 2024. 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 Fat Shack?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.12//NOTED CUTTING BOARDS IN FRONT PREP AREA WITH DEEP CUTS AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SANITIZE AND RESTORE TO SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SURFACE OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED NO LIDS ON RECEPTACLES IN BOTH UNISEX BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIDS AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED NO LIDS ON RECEPTACLES IN BOTH UNISEX BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIDS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11: **C** Maintained in Good Repair, Facilities (FACILITIES NOT IN GOOD REPAIR) NOTED BROKEN AND STAINED CEILING TILE IN LOBBY. STAINS ARE INDICATIVE OF A LEAK. INSTRUCTED TO ADDRESS ISSUE AND REPAIR AND REPLACE
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13//NOTED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13//NOTED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13//NOTED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
When was Fat Shack last inspected?
Fat Shack has 8 inspections on record going back to September 14, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| September 16, 2025 | — | |
| November 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2024 | — | |
| April 5, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2021 | — |
Fat Shack vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, 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 November 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.