Firehouse Captain Hooks

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 25, 2017
• address601 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619

Is Firehouse Captain Hooks clean?

Firehouse Captain Hooks is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 25, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Firehouse Captain Hooks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 25, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • PREVIOUS SUMMARY REPORT NOT POSTED FROM DEC. 9, 2016. FOUND THE PREVIOUS INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT NOT POSTED IN PLAIN VIEW OF CUSTOMERS AS REQUIRED. SUMMARY WAS POSTED ON A BOARD IN THE OFFICE. INSTRUCTED THAT THE SUMMARY MUST BE POSTED IN PLAIN VIEW OF CUSTOMERS AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010(B).
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • PREVIOUS SUMMARY REPORT NOT POSTED FROM DEC. 9, 2016. FOUND THE PREVIOUS INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT NOT POSTED IN PLAIN VIEW OF CUSTOMERS AS REQUIRED. SUMMARY WAS POSTED ON A BOARD IN THE OFFICE. INSTRUCTED THAT THE SUMMARY MUST BE POSTED IN PLAIN VIEW OF CUSTOMERS AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010(B).
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE FOLLOWING NEED CLEANING: INTERIOR BOTTOMS OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES OBSERVED. THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS, THE BOTTOMS OF THE PREP TABLES, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS, SHELVES INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING AROUND UNDER AND BEHIND COOKING AND OTHER KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. ALSO CLEAN INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER WHERE NEEDED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING AROUND UNDER AND BEHIND COOKING AND OTHER KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. ALSO CLEAN INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT NEED CLEANING. THE VENTS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEED CLEANING TO REMOVE DUST AND GREASE, OBSERVED MISSING WALL TILE AT THE LOWER WALL UNDER BOTH EXPOSED HAND SINKS IN THE PREP AREA; REPLACE TILE WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN ALL CEILING VENTS IN DINING AREA AND PREP AREAS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. SOME WATER STAINED CEILING TILE OBSERVED IN DINING AREA AND PREP AREA; REPLACE CEILING TILE WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN THE SHIELDS COVERING THE BULBS IN THE VENTILATION SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. SOME DUST OBSERVED ON THE FAN COVERS IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER; CLEAN COVERS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT NEED CLEANING. THE VENTS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEED CLEANING TO REMOVE DUST AND GREASE, OBSERVED MISSING WALL TILE AT THE LOWER WALL UNDER BOTH EXPOSED HAND SINKS IN THE PREP AREA; REPLACE TILE WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN ALL CEILING VENTS IN DINING AREA AND PREP AREAS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. SOME WATER STAINED CEILING TILE OBSERVED IN DINING AREA AND PREP AREA; REPLACE CEILING TILE WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN THE SHIELDS COVERING THE BULBS IN THE VENTILATION SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. SOME DUST OBSERVED ON THE FAN COVERS IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER; CLEAN COVERS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED HAND PACKED ICE CREAM ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED THAT A DIPPER WELL WITH RUNNING WATER MUST BE INSTALLED TO SERVE HAND PACKED ICE CREAM; MUST INSTALL. OBSERVED A LEAK AT THE VALVE UNDERNEATH THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA; REPAIR LEAK OBSERVED.

When was Firehouse Captain Hooks last inspected?

Firehouse Captain Hooks has 14 inspections on record going back to July 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Firehouse Captain Hooks vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.

Other spots in Chatham

• ? Yonni's Chicken & Waffle House
  cooked · February 22, 2013
• ✕ 79Th St Meat & Produce
  cooked · April 13, 2010
• ✓ Potbelly Sandwich Works
  clean · January 7, 2026
• ✓ Chatham Food Market
  clean · May 11, 2018
• ✓ Whales
  clean · March 4, 2015
• ✓ Dunkin Donuts
  clean · July 7, 2026

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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 July 25, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.