Foxtrot

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedApril 1, 2024
• address535 N Mcclurg Ct, Chicago 60611

Is Foxtrot clean?

Foxtrot is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 1, 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 Foxtrot?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO VERIFIABLE VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT VALID SANITIATION CERTIFICATE AS WELL AS CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE A PROCEDURE & KIT FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW WHEN RESPONDING TO DISCHARGE OF VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENTS. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO SOAP AT FRONT HANDWASHING STATION, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIED AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED • OBSERVED NO HAND DRYING PROVISIONS AT FRONT HAND WASHING STATION, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-030(C) COMBINED WITH HAND SOAP VIOLATION • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT FRONT HANDWASHING AREA, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • MEASURED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF THE SMOKED SALMON @ 50.1F FOUND IN THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER IN REAR FOOD PREP. APPROXIMATELY 1/2 LBSOF FOOD WAS DISCARDED AT A TOTAL APPROXIMATE COST OF $18.00 PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • TEST KITS/ TEST STRIPS OR OTHER DEVICES IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE EMPLOYEES TO MEASURE SANITIZING SOLUTION CONCENTRATION.FACILITY MUST PROVIDE A TEST KIT OR OTHER MEASURING DEVICES FOR THE EMPLOYEES CAN MEASURE THE SANITIZER CONCENTRATION AND AVOID A CONCENTRATION THAT IS TOO HIGH, WHICH CAN BE TOXIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • TEST KITS/ TEST STRIPS OR OTHER DEVICES IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE EMPLOYEES TO MEASURE SANITIZING SOLUTION CONCENTRATION.FACILITY MUST PROVIDE A TEST KIT OR OTHER MEASURING DEVICES FOR THE EMPLOYEES CAN MEASURE THE SANITIZER CONCENTRATION AND AVOID A CONCENTRATION THAT IS TOO HIGH, WHICH CAN BE TOXIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • SEE VIOLATION#60
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION #:2575222 DATED 4/25/23 OBSERVED EXCESSIVE CLUTTER AND TRASH UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL PREP AREAS, WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER, AND REAR LIQUOR STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN AND ELEVATE ALL STORED ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION #:2575222 DATED 4/25/23 OBSERVED EXCESSIVE CLUTTER AND TRASH UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL PREP AREAS, WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER, AND REAR LIQUOR STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN AND ELEVATE ALL STORED ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.

When was Foxtrot last inspected?

Foxtrot has 10 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2020.

Foxtrot vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 April 1, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.