Load A Spud

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 21, 2021
• address109 E 51St St, Chicago 60615

Is Load A Spud clean?

Load A Spud is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 21, 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 Load A Spud?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY AS REQUIRED; MUST CORRECT. INSTRUCTED THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPPED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • UNABLE TO PRODUCE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REPORTING ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UNDER COLD HOLDING UNIT AND PREP TABLE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED A LEAK FROM THE BACK FLOW VALVE ABOVE THE UTILITY SINK WHEN RUNNING WATER AT SINK; REPAIR LEAK FROM VALVE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • THE SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE THE WASHROOM DOOR IS IN POOR REPAIR; REPAIR OR REPLACE DEVICE AT WASHROOM DOOR.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • THE SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE THE WASHROOM DOOR IS IN POOR REPAIR; REPAIR OR REPLACE DEVICE AT WASHROOM DOOR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WALL COVING AT BASE OF WALL IN POOR REPAIR IN SOME AREAS; REPLACE COVING WHERE NEEDED.

When was Load A Spud last inspected?

Load A Spud has 3 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2020.

Load A Spud vs Fuller Park

Fuller Park runs 61% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 36 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fuller Park, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 21, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.