Koulou Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 22, 2019
• address1310 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615

Is Koulou Inc. clean?

Koulou Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 22, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Koulou Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 22, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO POLICY IN PLACE FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • SPLASH GUARD NEEDED AT FRONT HAND WASH SINK NEXT TO COLD HOLDING UNIT. MUST PROVIDE
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • SPLASH GUARD NEEDED AT FRONT HAND WASH SINK NEXT TO COLD HOLDING UNIT. MUST PROVIDE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN GRILL AND COUNTERS OF PREP AREA OF FOOD SPILLS AND FOOD DEBRIS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN FLOOR AT GRILL OF FOOD DEBRIS AND AT REAR DISH WASHING AREA ALONG WALL BASE AT CORNERS. • REMOVE CLUTTER AT REAR IN THE FORM OF CARDBOARD BOXES, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED.

When was Koulou Inc. last inspected?

Koulou Inc. has 5 inspections on record going back to September 25, 2017.

Koulou Inc. vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 February 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.