Flavor Shack

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 4, 2013
• address2305 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Flavor Shack clean?

Flavor Shack is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 4, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Flavor Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found food items not properly dated in coolers, reach in freezer, must date food items in coolers, reach in freezer.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found food items not properly dated in coolers, reach in freezer, must date food items in coolers, reach in freezer.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of cooler shelving, prep table lower shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices).
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls in kitchen prep area, and in employee bathroom not clean, need cleaning(detailed).
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls in kitchen prep area, and in employee bathroom not clean, need cleaning(detailed).
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Exhaust canopy hot clean, had excess grease build up, needs detailed cleaning, exhaust vents(ventilation) in coolers, kitchen prep area and bathroom not clean, need detailed cleaning.

When was Flavor Shack last inspected?

Flavor Shack has 4 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2012.

Flavor Shack vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 45% 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, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.