Great Lakes Fish & Chicken, Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 1, 2012
• address3620 W 16Th St, Chicago 60623

Is Great Lakes Fish & Chicken, Inc. clean?

Great Lakes Fish & Chicken, Inc. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 1, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Great Lakes Fish & Chicken, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 1, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES TO REMOVE DUST AND RUST SPOTS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES TO REMOVE DUST AND RUST SPOTS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES. CLEAN VENTS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN HOODED AREA TO REMOVE GREASE/DUST. CLEAN EXTERIORS OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGHOUT UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT AND IN CORNER AREAS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGHOUT UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT AND IN CORNER AREAS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AROUND, BEHIND AND UNDER EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS. SEAL SMALL HOLE IN WALL BEHIND OFFICE DOOR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AROUND, BEHIND AND UNDER EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS. SEAL SMALL HOLE IN WALL BEHIND OFFICE DOOR.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • ODOR NOTED FROM DRAIN AT THREE COMP SINK WHEN RUNNING WATER; INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SERVICED BY A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY. (NO BACKUP OF WASTE WATER NOTED AT THIS TIME FROM DRAIN, SINK OR GREASE RECEPTOR). VENT FAN WAS REPAIRED FROM PREVIOUS INSPECTION.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE UNNECESSARY CLUTTER FROM PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ON PROPER STORAGE OF WET MOPS; STORE MOP HEAD UPWARD TO DRY. ALSO REMOVE STANDING WASTE WATER WHEN DONE USING.

When was Great Lakes Fish & Chicken, Inc. last inspected?

Great Lakes Fish & Chicken, Inc. has 5 inspections on record going back to September 12, 2011.

Great Lakes Fish & Chicken, Inc. vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 October 1, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.