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Natalie's Drive In
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 16, 2015
- address5729 N Northwest Hwy, Chicago 60646
Is Natalie's Drive In clean?
Natalie's Drive In is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Natalie's Drive In?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT LABELED OR DATED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT LABELED OR DATED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CAN OPENER ATTACHED TO PREP TABLE, DEEP FRYER CABINETS, FILTERS ON EXHAUST HOOD AND STORAGE SHELVES UNDER GRILL NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS UNDER AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS UNDER AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY.
- ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZE HOLDER OR CONTAINER.Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZE HOLDER OR CONTAINER.
When was Natalie's Drive In last inspected?
Natalie's Drive In has 12 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 2, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| April 16, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2015 | Fail | |
| October 23, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2013 | Fail | |
| September 10, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2011 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2011 | Pass | |
| March 2, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2010 | Fail |
Natalie's Drive In vs Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park runs 69% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 47 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.