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Left Coast
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 27, 2023
- address151 N Franklin St, Chicago 60606
Is Left Coast clean?
Left Coast is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 27, 2023. 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 Left Coast?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPER STORED IN FRONT OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH THE FOOD CONTACT SURFACE EXPOSED. INSTRUCTED ON HOW TO STORE ICE SCOOP BETWEEN USES PROPERLY.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH NO PROOF OF AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS TO OBTAIN THIS CERTIFICATE.
When was Left Coast last inspected?
Left Coast has 11 inspections on record going back to September 24, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| March 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 23, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2021 | — | |
| January 22, 2021 | — | |
| August 25, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 26, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 24, 2018 | Pass |
Left Coast vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 March 27, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.