I Love Sushi

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 18, 2016
• address869 N Larrabee Ave, Chicago 60610

Is I Love Sushi clean?

I Love Sushi is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 18, 2016. 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 I Love Sushi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED EXCESS GREASE BUILD-UP ON FLOOR BENEATH THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND COOLERS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED EXCESS GREASE BUILD-UP ON FLOOR BENEATH THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND COOLERS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE FRONT DISPLAY COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 60.3F. THE COOLER WAS USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS ASSORTED SUSHI ROLLS,SEAWEED SALADS.AT THIS TIME,THE DISPLAY COOLER IS TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. MUST EMPTY THE UNIT AND HAVE IT REPAIRED SO THAT IT MAINTAINS AN AIR TEMPERATURE BELOW 40F AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE THE FRONT DISPLAY COOLER. OBSERVED ASSORTED SUSHI ROLLS AT 50.1F-55.7F,SEAWEED SALADS AT 49.1F,CONTAINER OF SALMON AT 50.2F,CONTAINER OF TUNA AT 51.9F,CONTAINER OF SHRIMP AT 55.9F,SUSHI RICE AT 95.4F.COLD FOODS MUST BE MAINTAINED AT 40F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES.CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED UPPER PANEL OF ICE MACHINE,SIDES OF HOT COOKING EQUIPMENTS,PREP AREA SHELVINGS THROUGHOUT NOT CLEAN.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES AND MAINTAIN.

When was I Love Sushi last inspected?

I Love Sushi has 5 inspections on record going back to March 6, 2015.

I Love Sushi 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 August 18, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.