Furious Spoon

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 18, 2019
• address125 S Clark St, Chicago 60603

Is Furious Spoon clean?

Furious Spoon is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 18, 2019. 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 Furious Spoon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-102.11 FOUND NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (DUCK) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE ON SITE. FOUND NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING MATERIALS TO CLEAN SAID INCIDENT. MUST PROVIDE PROCEDURES AND CLEANING MATERIALS (GLOVES, MASK, DISPOSABLE MOP, DISINFECTANT RATED FOR NOROVIRUS) FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW AND USE WHEN RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (PORK BELLY, CHICKEN AND PORK DUMPLINGS) AT IMPROPER HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURES LOCATED IN HOT HOLDING UNIT ON PREP TABLE; 4LBS LBS OF PORK BELLY AT 125F, 1 LB OF DUMPLINGS AT 110F LOCATED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE ALL SAID TCS FOODS AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL HOT HOLDING TCS FOODS AT 135F OR ABOVE AT ALL TIMES. MANAGER DISCARDED ALL SAID TCS FOODS, COST OF ALL FOODS $100 . PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (SHIO, AND MISO ) AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES LOCATED IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MANUFACTORE'S LABEL STATES "KEEP REFRIGERATED. FOUND SAID TCS FOOD AT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 75F - 83F. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE ALL SAID TCS FOODS AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL COLD HOLDING TCS FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. MANAGER DISCARDED ALL SAID TCS FOODS(10 GALLONS), COST OF ALL FOODS $600. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005.CITATION CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • FOUND 4 STOCK POT'S UNABLE TO FIT IN 3 COMPARTMENT AND DISH MACHINE. MANAGER UNABLE TO VERBALLY DESCRIBE HOW TO ADEQUATELY CLEAN SAID EQUIPMENT. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR ALTERNATIVE MANUAL WAREWASHING.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • FOUND 4 STOCK POT'S UNABLE TO FIT IN 3 COMPARTMENT AND DISH MACHINE. MANAGER UNABLE TO VERBALLY DESCRIBE HOW TO ADEQUATELY CLEAN SAID EQUIPMENT. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR ALTERNATIVE MANUAL WAREWASHING.

When was Furious Spoon last inspected?

Furious Spoon has 6 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2016.

Furious Spoon vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 18, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.