Light House Whole Food Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 15, 2017
• address1373 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615

Is Light House Whole Food Grill clean?

Light House Whole Food Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 15, 2017. 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 Light House Whole Food Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 15, 2017, 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 NO SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT FRONT AND REAR EXPOSED SINKS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TOT PROVIDE SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT EXPOSED SINKS FOR PROPER HAND WASHING. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY OR VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED WHEN CHICKEN (150.2F)PREPARED AND SERVED. A CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012A
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS, FREEZERS, SINKS, PREP TABLES, COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, AND DISH WASHING AREAS. REPLACE MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVER NEAR 1-COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, AND DISH WASHING AREAS. REPLACE MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVER NEAR 1-COMPARTMENT SINK.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE MISSING CEILING VENT COVER NEAR FRONT EXPOSED SINK. CLEAN WALLS ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK(SPILLS). REPAIR DAMAGED WALL IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE MISSING CEILING VENT COVER NEAR FRONT EXPOSED SINK. CLEAN WALLS ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK(SPILLS). REPAIR DAMAGED WALL IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE MISSING AND DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELDS IN REAR PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

When was Light House Whole Food Grill last inspected?

Light House Whole Food Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to November 3, 2015.

Light House Whole Food Grill vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 15, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.