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Lukes Lobster
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 27, 2018
- address222 W Merchandise Mart Plz, Chicago 60654
Is Lukes Lobster clean?
Lukes Lobster is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 27, 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 Lukes Lobster?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IN EFFECT, NO DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEE HEALTH TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION OF TRAINING ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-38-012(A), NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED PREPACKAGED COOKIES OFFERED FOR CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE IN A BASKET BY THE REGISTER WITH INCOMPLETE LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED ITEMS ON ALL PREPACKAGED ITEMS OFFERED FOR CUSTOMER SELF-SERVICE.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE SPOONS AND FORKS STORED IN CUPS WITH LIP CONTACT SURFACES PRESENTED TO THE EMPLOYEE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES WITH HANDLE PRESENTED TO THE CONSUMER.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE SPOONS AND FORKS STORED IN CUPS WITH LIP CONTACT SURFACES PRESENTED TO THE EMPLOYEE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES WITH HANDLE PRESENTED TO THE CONSUMER.
When was Lukes Lobster last inspected?
Lukes Lobster has 3 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| July 27, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 13, 2017 | Pass |
Lukes Lobster vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 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 July 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.