Late Bloomer

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 20, 2018
• address1538 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60610

Is Late Bloomer clean?

Late Bloomer is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 20, 2018. 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 Late Bloomer?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • OBSERVED BAR HANDSINK BLOCKED BY METAL BOWLS STORED IN THE BASIN OF THE SINK. ALSO NOTED NO SOAP AT THE BAR HANDSINK AND THE BATTERIES DEAD IN THE SOAP DISPENSER IN THE PREP ROOM. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL HANDSINKS MUST BE OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE FOR HANDWASHING AT ALL TIMES, AND STOCKED WITH SOAP AND SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE AT ALL TIMES. OPERATOR CLEARED SINK AND PROVIDED SOAP AT EACH FIXTURE. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-030
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS IN COOK LINE WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVE THAT ARE UNABLE TO BE PROPERLY CLEANED AND SANITIZED. INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE OR REPLACE. OBSERVED ICE ACCUMULATING ON FRAME OF WALK IN COOLER DOOR, PREVENTING THE DOOR FROM CLOSING TIGHTLY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE BUILD UP SO DOOR CLOSES PROPERLY.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS IN COOK LINE WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVE THAT ARE UNABLE TO BE PROPERLY CLEANED AND SANITIZED. INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE OR REPLACE. OBSERVED ICE ACCUMULATING ON FRAME OF WALK IN COOLER DOOR, PREVENTING THE DOOR FROM CLOSING TIGHTLY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE BUILD UP SO DOOR CLOSES PROPERLY.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL COVERING MISSING ON WALL FACE BETWEEN HOT WATER HEATER AND MOP SINK, WHERE EXPOSED WALL IS ABSORBENT AND COARSE. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH WALL TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL COVERING MISSING ON WALL FACE BETWEEN HOT WATER HEATER AND MOP SINK, WHERE EXPOSED WALL IS ABSORBENT AND COARSE. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH WALL TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON COOK LINE CUTTING BOARDS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO MINIMIZE MICROBIAL GROWTH.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON COOK LINE CUTTING BOARDS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO MINIMIZE MICROBIAL GROWTH.

When was Late Bloomer last inspected?

Late Bloomer has 6 inspections on record going back to September 22, 2015.

Late Bloomer 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 February 20, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.