Northern City

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 19, 2022
• address742 W 31St St, Chicago 60616

Is Northern City clean?

Northern City is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 19, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Northern City?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 19, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MAY NOT USE GROCERY BAGS TO STORE OPEN FOOD ITEMS IN FREEZER OR REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO USE FOOD GRADE BAGS ONLY.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MAY NOT USE GROCERY BAGS TO STORE OPEN FOOD ITEMS IN FREEZER OR REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO USE FOOD GRADE BAGS ONLY.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • ALL WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ALL IN USE UTENSILS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZED MANNER WHEN NOT IN USE. ALL KNIVES MUST BE IN KNIFE HOLDER NOT BETWEEN REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ALL IN USE UTENSILS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZED MANNER WHEN NOT IN USE. ALL KNIVES MUST BE IN KNIFE HOLDER NOT BETWEEN REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • LARGE CAN OPENER IN BASEMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND BUILD UP. THE SIDES OF EQUIPMENT, TABLE LEGS AND HANDLES. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN 1ST FLOOR AND BASEMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS UNDER ALL SHELVES AND UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. WALLS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • HOOD VENTILATION FILTERS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • HOOD VENTILATION FILTERS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Northern City last inspected?

Northern City has 15 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Northern City vs Bridgeport

Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.

Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.

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• ✓ Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar
  clean · July 9, 2013
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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 September 19, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.