Fatboys

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2016
• address1636 W Howard St, Chicago 60626

Is Fatboys clean?

Fatboys is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Fatboys?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED MULTI-USE UTENSIL BEING STORED IMPROPERLY IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT UTENSILS TO AVOID CROSS CONTAMINATION AND MAITAIN.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED MULTI-USE UTENSIL BEING STORED IMPROPERLY IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT UTENSILS TO AVOID CROSS CONTAMINATION AND MAITAIN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED BROKEN DOOR GASKET ON 3-DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN REAR PREP. DISCONTINUE USE OF GROCERY BAGS AND ALUMINUM FOIL ON KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED BROKEN DOOR GASKET ON 3-DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN REAR PREP. DISCONTINUE USE OF GROCERY BAGS AND ALUMINUM FOIL ON KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DAMAGE AND DIRT ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREAS. UNDER AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND BEHIND THE FRONT CUSTOMER COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR FLOORS SO THEY ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DAMAGE AND DIRT ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREAS. UNDER AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND BEHIND THE FRONT CUSTOMER COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR FLOORS SO THEY ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP ON HOOD AND FILTER. PEELING PAINT ON WALLS IN THE DINING AREA. HOLES IN WALL IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. DUST ON WALLS THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREA. ALSO, STAINED CEILING TILE IN FRONT PREP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP ON HOOD AND FILTER. PEELING PAINT ON WALLS IN THE DINING AREA. HOLES IN WALL IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. DUST ON WALLS THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREA. ALSO, STAINED CEILING TILE IN FRONT PREP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED MISSING LIGHTS THROUGHOUT; FRONT PREP, IN DINING AREA AND REAR PREP, REAR PREP LIGHT REQUIRES END CAPS. ALSO, RECOMMENED TO INSTALL MORE LIGHTING IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING LIGHTS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • STOPPERS NEEDED FOR 3-COMP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Linen: Clean And Soiled Properly Stored • OBSERVED SOILED LINENS BEING STORED IMPROPERLY THROUGHOUT KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZER WATER WHILE NOT IN USE AND MAINTAIN
  Linen: Clean And Soiled Properly Stored • OBSERVED SOILED LINENS BEING STORED IMPROPERLY THROUGHOUT KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZER WATER WHILE NOT IN USE AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.

When was Fatboys last inspected?

Fatboys has 7 inspections on record going back to March 3, 2015.

Fatboys vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 March 17, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.