Naansense

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 22, 2015
• address171 N Wells St, Chicago 60606

Is Naansense clean?

Naansense is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 22, 2015. 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 Naansense?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED A SCOOP BEING STORED IN THE CONTAINER WITH BROWN RICE IN SAID CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL SCOOPS AND MAINTAIN.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED A SCOOP BEING STORED IN THE CONTAINER WITH BROWN RICE IN SAID CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL SCOOPS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED A BLACK SUBSTANCE AROUND THE TOP OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. OBSERVED GREASE ACCUMULATION INSIDE OF THE FRYER LOCATED ALONG THE COOKING LINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, COOKING EQUIPMENT (FRYER) AND UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK NEXT TO THE PREP COOLER IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE FOOD, GREASE AND DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, COOKING EQUIPMENT (FRYER) AND UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK NEXT TO THE PREP COOLER IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE FOOD, GREASE AND DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE WALLS UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE WALLS UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED A MINOR LEAK ON THE PIPE UNDER THE MIDDLE COMPARTMENT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED CLEANING EQUIPMENT NOT STORED PROPERLY. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL MOPS UPRIGHT AND MAINTAIN.

When was Naansense last inspected?

Naansense has 8 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2011.

Naansense 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 October 22, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.