Ludlow Charlingtons

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 16, 2024
• address2425 N Clark St, Chicago 60614

Is Ludlow Charlingtons clean?

Ludlow Charlingtons is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2024. 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 Ludlow Charlingtons?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED SUCH AS MILK, COFFEE, HOT CHOCOLATE AND TEA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGEL THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE SERVING AND HANDLING UNPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS WITHOUT THE USE OF A PROPER HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND USE A HAIR RESTRAINT.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE SERVING AND HANDLING UNPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS WITHOUT THE USE OF A PROPER HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND USE A HAIR RESTRAINT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERED FOOD DEBRIS AND RESIDUE BUILD UP ON FLOOR IN THE FRONT SERVICE AREA BEHIND COFFEE MACHINE AND REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE AREA FREE OF FOOD DEBRIS AND RESIDUE BUILD UP. • OBSERVED DUCT TAPE PLACED OVER THE AIR VENTS IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AND STORAGE AREA OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.

When was Ludlow Charlingtons last inspected?

Ludlow Charlingtons has 4 inspections on record going back to July 7, 2020.

Ludlow Charlingtons vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, 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 April 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.