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Old Country Buffet
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2016
- address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652
Is Old Country Buffet clean?
Old Country Buffet is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 17, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Old Country Buffet?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE BEVERAGE STATION ICE SHOOT WITH BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE ICE SHOOT AT THE BEVERAGE STATION.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR TILES BROKEN AND FLOOR TILE GROUT MISSING THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREA AROUND FLOOR DRAINS AND NEAR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. ALSO OBSERVED FLOOR DRAINS WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN FLOOR GROUT AND FLOOR TILES AND CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAINS.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR TILES BROKEN AND FLOOR TILE GROUT MISSING THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREA AROUND FLOOR DRAINS AND NEAR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. ALSO OBSERVED FLOOR DRAINS WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN FLOOR GROUT AND FLOOR TILES AND CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAINS.
When was Old Country Buffet last inspected?
Old Country Buffet has 23 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| February 17, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2014 | Fail | |
| August 6, 2014 | Fail | |
| June 5, 2014 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 18, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Old Country Buffet vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, 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 February 17, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.