Island Fish & Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedSeptember 3, 2020
• address6701 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60636

Is Island Fish & Chicken clean?

Island Fish & Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 3, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Island Fish & Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER.
• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • PIC HAS NO SANITATION CERTIFICATE.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND HANDLED SUCH AS CHICKEN,FISH AND ITALIAN BEEF. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • PREMISES HAS NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODE OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • **PREMISES HAS NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND/OR DIARRHEA EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST DEFROST AND CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN FREEZER, ALSO CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN PREP COOLER TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED A LEAKY PIPE UNDERNEATH THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, ALSO NOTED THE HOT WATER KNOB ON THE HAND SINK IN THE PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR(VERY LOOSE AND HARD TO CUT ON). MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS NEED CLEAN AROUND, BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND/OR GREASE.

When was Island Fish & Chicken last inspected?

Island Fish & Chicken has 6 inspections on record going back to October 13, 2016.

Island Fish & Chicken vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

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  clean · December 15, 2016
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  clean · March 9, 2017
• ✓ S & J Dollar, Inc.
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• ✓ Hap's Grill Fish And Chicken
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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 September 3, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.