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Great Philly Steak
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 21, 2019
- address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652
Is Great Philly Steak clean?
Great Philly Steak is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 21, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Great Philly Steak?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 21, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED PROCEDURE FOR CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS, BUT NO CLEAN-UP KIT. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE NECESSARY CLEAN-UP KIT ITEMS (DISPOSABLE MASK, GLOVES, SANITIZER, ETC.) PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS IN THE ONE-DOOR COLD HOLDING UNIT BY THE FRONT COUNTER AREA AND IN THE COOLER IN THE BACK KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILE IN THE BACK KITCHEN AREA ABOVE THE OVEN AND 2-DOOR COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS #58 FROM REPORT #2184815 DATED JULY 19, 2018 NOT CORRECTED AND/OR MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN: #58- ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUEDPrevious Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS #58 FROM REPORT #2184815 DATED JULY 19, 2018 NOT CORRECTED AND/OR MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN: #58- ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED
When was Great Philly Steak last inspected?
Great Philly Steak has 5 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| March 21, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 19, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 9, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2017 | Fail |
Great Philly Steak vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 March 21, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.