Hot Seafood Market Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 1, 2023
• address9454 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619

Is Hot Seafood Market Inc. clean?

Hot Seafood Market Inc. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 1, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hot Seafood Market Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 1, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 OBSERVED REAR EXIT DOOR NOT COMPLETELY RODENT PROOFED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL 1/4" OR MORE GAP AT BOTTOM OF REAR EXIT DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14 OBSERVED SOILED WASH CLOTHS (5-8) INSIDE THE MOP SINK AT THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE SOILED WASH CLOTHS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(B) OBSERVED THE MICROWAVE AT THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA WITH FOOD SPLATTERS THROUGHOUT THE EQUIMENT AND FOOD DEBRIS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID MICROWAVE. • 4-602.13 OBSERVED THE OUTERIOR SURFACE OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD WITH SLIGHT GREASE RESIDUE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID COOKING EQUIMENT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.17 OBSERVED THE CEILING IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE DINING AREA WITH SLIGHT DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DUST AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.114 OBSERVED UNNECESSARY ITEMS (BROKEN DOWN CARDBOARD BOXES) STORED ON TOP OF THE FREEZER STORED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNECCESSARY ITEMS IN THE FACILITY AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.11 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED DAMAGED WALL BASES AT THE WALL NEAR THE REAR EXIT DOOR AND AT THE WALL IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA WHERE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS STORED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SAID WALL BASES AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION FROM EMPLOYEE. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL EMPLOYEE MUST COMPLY WITH FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING BY THE FOOD HANDLING REGULATION ENFORCEMENT ACT.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION FROM EMPLOYEE. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL EMPLOYEE MUST COMPLY WITH FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING BY THE FOOD HANDLING REGULATION ENFORCEMENT ACT.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ON DUTY WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.

When was Hot Seafood Market Inc. last inspected?

Hot Seafood Market Inc. has 5 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2022.

Hot Seafood Market Inc. vs Burnside

Burnside runs 65% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 9 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in Burnside, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 February 1, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.