Little Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 1, 2021
• address4104 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60613

Is Little Kitchen clean?

Little Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 1, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Little Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 1, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed • NOTED EMPLOYEE PRACTICING POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES. EMPLOYEES WHILE WEARING GLOVES -WENT TO THE HAND WASH SINK TO REPAIR DRAIN -REMOVED CONTAINERS AND BAG OF ONIONS IN FRONT OF THE HAND WASH SINK -WIPED THE PREP TABLE WITH THE WASH CLOTH STILL WITH SAME GLOVES ON THEN WENT BACK TO THE PREP TO CONTINUE PREPPING FOOD. -WASHED HANDS AT THE HAND WASH SINK WITH THE SAME GLOVES ON AND CONTINUED CLEANING ALL WITHOUT CHANGING GLOVES OR WASHING HANDS. DISCUSSED WITH MANAGEMENT THE HAND WASHING PROCEDURE AND USE OF GLOVES. MUST CHANGE GLOVES DURING CHANGE OF TASK, MOVING FROM ON PREP AREA TO ANOTHER TASK AND MUST CHANGE GLOVES AND WASH HANDS BETWEEN THE TASKS. PRIORITY VIOLATION CITATION ISSUED 7-38-010
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NOTED HAND WASH SINK WITH NO SIGNAGE. INSTRUCTED TO POST HAND WASH SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASH SINKS
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNITS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME INCLUDING BULK FOOD CONTAINERS
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED ICE BUILD UP INSIDE THE CHEST FREEZER AT THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN. • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNITS, WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER FOOD STORED INSIDE GROCERY BAGS AND TIN CANS. INSTRUCTED PROPERLY TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS INSIDE APPROVED FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS. • NOTED RUSTY AND DIRTY SHELVES INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AND/OR REPLACE. ALSO NOTED BROKEN LID OF CHEST FREEZER AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE SERVICE PREP COOLER AND SPILLS SHELVES, COUNTERTOPS OF THE HOT HOLDING CONTAINERS, ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND AROUND THE SERVICE COOLERS WITH DIRT, FOOD PARTICLE, GREASE. MUST ALSO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE DOOR LININGS OF THE SERVICE COOLERS.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • NOTED EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP DIRTY WITH GREASE AND LINE WITH FOIL PAPER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REMOVE FOIL PAPER AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT HIDING PLACE FOR PEST.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • NOTED EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP DIRTY WITH GREASE AND LINE WITH FOIL PAPER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REMOVE FOIL PAPER AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT HIDING PLACE FOR PEST.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED HEAVY DIRT AND GREASE ACCUMULATION ON EDGES OF THE EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES/CONDUITS. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS AT THE FOLLOWING AREAS:- -FLOORS UNDERNEATH COOKING STOVE AND FRYERS AT THE FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA, FLOORS UNDERNEATH THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH DIRT, ALONG WITH WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH SHELVING AND INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST ALSO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAINS AT THE AND WHERE EVER NECESSARY. MUST UPGRADE HOUSEKEEPING.

When was Little Kitchen last inspected?

Little Kitchen has 15 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Little Kitchen vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 1, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.