Korean Seoul Food

• 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 • THE KITCHEN SURFACES ARE FULL OF FOOD AND GREASE BUILDUP, WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL KITCHEN SURFACES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • THE KITCHEN SURFACES ARE FULL OF FOOD AND GREASE BUILDUP, WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL KITCHEN SURFACES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT IS FULL OF FOOD AND GREASE BUILDUP, WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • SOME COMPLIANCE FOUND, CONTINUE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FLOORS AND BASEBOARDS SO THEY ARE SMOOTH AND SANITARY FROM CORNER TO CORNER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • SOME COMPLIANCE FOUND, CONTINUE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FLOORS AND BASEBOARDS SO THEY ARE SMOOTH AND SANITARY FROM CORNER TO CORNER.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USE.

When was Korean Seoul Food last inspected?

Korean Seoul Food has 3 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2010.

Korean Seoul Food vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

• ✓! Whole Foods Market
  mid · March 12, 2026
• ? Brk Food And Deli
  cooked · April 15, 2013
• ✓ Stanley's On Racine
  clean · August 8, 2011
• ✓! Sun & Moon Company
  mid · December 16, 2019
• ? Saxbys Coffee
  cooked · December 26, 2014
• ✓ 7-Eleven
  clean · November 14, 2022

See every restaurant inspection in Near West Side →

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 15, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.