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Loop Soup
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 19, 2018
- address131 N Clinton St, Chicago 60661
Is Loop Soup clean?
Loop Soup is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 19, 2018. 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 Loop Soup?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 19, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • Observed potentially hazardous food stored at improper temperature in front 2 door reach in cooler. 46 7f, 3lbs of sliced ham, at a value of $15.00 45.6f, 2.25lbs of pesto sauce, at a value of $7.00 Manager voluntarily discarded and denatured a total weight of 5.25lbs at a total value of $22.00 Informed manager that potentially hazardous foods must be stored at 40f or lower for cold foods and 140f or more for hot foods. *2 door cooler, air temperature registered 39.9f at time of inspection. Critical violation #7-38-005 (A)
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Observed multiple slices of pre-packaged cheese, located in 2 door reach in cooler without labels or dates. Also observed pre portioned dinner rolls for sale to public without proper labels. Informed manager that all foods must be labeled and dated once removed from bulk packaging. Instructed managers to provide label and dates. Maintain at all times.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Observed multiple slices of pre-packaged cheese, located in 2 door reach in cooler without labels or dates. Also observed pre portioned dinner rolls for sale to public without proper labels. Informed manager that all foods must be labeled and dated once removed from bulk packaging. Instructed managers to provide label and dates. Maintain at all times.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Observed tape used as means of repair on electrical wire housing on floor. Informed manager that all surfaces must be smooth and easily cleanable. Instructed manager to remove and ensure that floor is smooth and easily cleanable. Maintain at all times.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Observed tape used as means of repair on electrical wire housing on floor. Informed manager that all surfaces must be smooth and easily cleanable. Instructed manager to remove and ensure that floor is smooth and easily cleanable. Maintain at all times.
When was Loop Soup last inspected?
Loop Soup has 4 inspections on record going back to November 8, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| January 19, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 20, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 8, 2016 | Pass |
Loop Soup vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 January 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.