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Lowcountry 2
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 8, 2024
- address1132 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60605
Is Lowcountry 2 clean?
Lowcountry 2 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 8, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lowcountry 2?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 8, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBERSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT REAR FOOD PREP HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO POST SIGNAGE AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED LARGE BLENDER THAT DOES NOT BREAKDOWN TO FIT IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CLEAN IN PLACE PROCEDURE.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED LARGE BLENDER THAT DOES NOT BREAKDOWN TO FIT IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CLEAN IN PLACE PROCEDURE.
When was Lowcountry 2 last inspected?
Lowcountry 2 has 19 inspections on record going back to November 9, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2025 | — | |
| February 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2024 | — | |
| January 17, 2024 | — | |
| April 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 11, 2023 | — | |
| April 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2021 | — | |
| September 4, 2020 | Pass |
Lowcountry 2 vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 8, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.