Lick My Folk

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 22, 2022
• address1247 S Western Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Lick My Folk clean?

Lick My Folk is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 22, 2022. 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 Lick My Folk?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 OBSERVED CLUTTER AND ITEMS STORED ON THE GROUND IN THE BASEMENT, UTILITY CLOSET IN THE BASEMENT AND IN BETWEEN A WALL AND REFRIGERATION UNIT ON THE 1ST FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECCESSARY CLUTTER AND ELEVATE EVERYTHING AT LEAST 6 INCHES FROM THE GROUND.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGERS.

When was Lick My Folk last inspected?

Lick My Folk has 4 inspections on record going back to September 20, 2021.

Lick My Folk vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 36% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 184 clean, 45 mid, 279 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, 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 September 22, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.