King Crab Tavern/Seafood Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 5, 2014
• address1816 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614

Is King Crab Tavern/Seafood Grill clean?

King Crab Tavern/Seafood Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2014. 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 King Crab Tavern/Seafood Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Sewage And Waste Water Disposal, No Back Siphonage, Cross Connection And/Or Back Flow • WASTE WATER BACKING UP FROM THE FIRST COMPARTMENT SINK AND THIRD COMPARTMENT SINK WHEN I PULLED OUT THE DRAIN STOPPER ON THE MIDDLE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR THE SINK TO HAVE WELL DRAINING SINK. CITATION ISSUES CRITICAL 7-38-030. MANAGER CALLED THE PLUMBER DURING INSPECTION. THE PLUMBER WAS ABLE TO FIX THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND IS NOW DRAINING WELL.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND PREP TABLE IN THE PREP AREA. MUST RE CAULK AROUND THE WASHBOWL SINK IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM AND MAINTAIN. RAW WOOD ON THE WALLS ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK,NEEDS TO BE SEALED OR PAINTED.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND PREP TABLE IN THE PREP AREA. MUST RE CAULK AROUND THE WASHBOWL SINK IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM AND MAINTAIN. RAW WOOD ON THE WALLS ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK,NEEDS TO BE SEALED OR PAINTED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL EXTERIOR SIDES OF THE STOVE AND OVEN (WITH GREASE BUILD -UP) AND MAINTAIN. CLEAN AND REMOVE DUST ACCUMULATED ON THE TOP STORAGE ABOVE THE FRONT COUNTER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • HOOD AND TUBE CONNECTED TO THE HOOD WITH DUST ACCUMULATED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • HOOD AND TUBE CONNECTED TO THE HOOD WITH DUST ACCUMULATED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • MUST STORE ICE SCOOP IN A SEPARATE CONTAINER,NOT INSIDE THE ICE BINS BEHIND THE BAR.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • MUST STORE ICE SCOOP IN A SEPARATE CONTAINER,NOT INSIDE THE ICE BINS BEHIND THE BAR.

When was King Crab Tavern/Seafood Grill last inspected?

King Crab Tavern/Seafood Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to March 2, 2011.

King Crab Tavern/Seafood Grill vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 5, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.