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Old Country Buffet
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 19, 2019
- address6560 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60707
Is Old Country Buffet clean?
Old Country Buffet is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 19, 2019. 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 Old Country Buffet?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 REPLACE THE DOOR GASKETS INSIDE OF THE DOORS TO THE HOT HOLDING UNITS IN THE KITCHEN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15 OBSERVED A SLOW DRAIN AT THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK OUTSIDE OF THE DESSERT PREP STATION. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11 REGROUT THE FLOOR WHERE NEEDED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AT THE COOK'S LINE AND DISH WASH ROOM.
When was Old Country Buffet last inspected?
Old Country Buffet has 25 inspections on record going back to August 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 4, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| December 19, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2019 | Fail | |
| December 12, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 14, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 12, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 6, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2017 | Fail |
Old Country Buffet vs Montclare
Montclare runs 35% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 35 mid, 192 cooked.
Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, 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 December 19, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.