Licking

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 26, 2024
• address5045 W Madison St, Chicago 60644

Is Licking clean?

Licking is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 26, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Licking?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B) OBSERVED MISSING THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE COOLING UNIT WITH A COLD HOLD ATTACHED IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED PIPES ATTACHED TO WALLS IN PREP AREA BEHIND DEEP FRYERS, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, AND ALONG SIDE PREP TABLE USED FOR FISH PREP AND COOLING UNIT WITH COLD HOLD ATTACHED WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE GREASE BUILDUP REGULARLY AND TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15 OBSERVED ONE COMPARTMENT SINK LOCATED IN DISHWASHING AREA WITH HEAVY LEAK ON PIPING CAUSING WATER TO POOL ON THE FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.18 OBSERVED PLUMBING FIXTURES IN BOTH TOILET ROOMS IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.18 OBSERVED PLUMBING FIXTURES IN BOTH TOILET ROOMS IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115 OBSERVED OUTSIDE REFUSE AREA WITH EXCESSIVE TRASH AMOUNT AND UNKNOWN DEBRIS AROUND RECEPTACLES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN AREA.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115 OBSERVED OUTSIDE REFUSE AREA WITH EXCESSIVE TRASH AMOUNT AND UNKNOWN DEBRIS AROUND RECEPTACLES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN AREA.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 OBSERVED FLOORS THROUGHOUT SEATING AREA WITH FOOD DEBRIS THROUGHOUT BOOTH SPACES, HEAVY ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS UNDER FRYERS AND THROUGHOUT PREP AREA INDER PREP SHELVES, BULK ROLLING CARTS, STEAM TABLES ETC. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.16 OBSERVED SOILED MOPS STORED IMPROPERLY THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HANG DRY TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. • 6-201.11 OBSERVED LARGE HOLE IN CEILING IN OFFICE. INSTRUCTED TO ENCLOSE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE UPDATED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE UPDATED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AS REQUIRED.

When was Licking last inspected?

Licking has 19 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Licking vs West Garfield Park

West Garfield Park runs 69% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 424 clean, 107 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.

Other spots in West Garfield Park

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  clean · July 27, 2017
• ✓! King Jj
  mid · August 2, 2017
• ✓ Khan Dollar Station
  clean · August 18, 2017
• ✓! Bp
  mid · May 7, 2020
• ✓! Top Food Mart
  mid · June 9, 2020
• ✓ Julia's Cafe
  clean · May 22, 2019

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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 December 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.