Cooked?Korean Seoul Food
clean
Looking clean.
The current published rating reads clean. Keep its inspection date in view.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 15, 2011 →
- address560 W Van Buren St, Chicago 60607
Is Korean Seoul Food clean?
Korean Seoul Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 15, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Korean Seoul Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 15, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
- ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
When was Korean Seoul Food last inspected?
Korean Seoul Food has 3 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2010.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
The latest two displayed graded visits went from Fail on February 7, 2011 to Pass on February 15, 2011. Both visits are dated snapshots of the record.
History worth a look: 2 of these 3 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.
February 15, 2011 Pass
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View full inspection →October 6, 2010 Fail
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View full inspection →Korean Seoul Food vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 81% clean across 1,308 tracked restaurants — 1,041 clean, 229 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 1,308 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 15, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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