Cooked?
Law Dawgs
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 27, 2019
- address4379 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
Is Law Dawgs clean?
Law Dawgs is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 27, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Law Dawgs?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IN PLACE. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SAME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE AND NECESSARY SUPPLIES AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
When was Law Dawgs last inspected?
Law Dawgs has 8 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 16, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| June 27, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 19, 2019 | — | |
| June 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 19, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2016 | Fail |
Law Dawgs vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 June 27, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.