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Ocean Cut Chicago
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 30, 2017
- address20 W Kinzie St, Chicago 60654
Is Ocean Cut Chicago clean?
Ocean Cut Chicago is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 30, 2017. 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 Ocean Cut Chicago?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE, FOUND 5LBS OF RAW BEEF HELD AT TOP OPEN COOLER AT 52.3F-58.4F HEAT FROM BROILER AFFECTING COLD TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP PERISHABLES AT 40F OR LOWER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005 (A) FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT $100.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • ICE MAKER INTERIOR SURFACES NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Ocean Cut Chicago last inspected?
Ocean Cut Chicago has 9 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| October 30, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2017 | Fail | |
| December 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2015 | Pass |
Ocean Cut Chicago vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 30, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.