Orange is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 23, 2018. 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 Orange?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND INSIDE 2-DOOR REAR SERVICE STATION. MUST REPAINT AND MAINTAIN.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND INSIDE 2-DOOR REAR SERVICE STATION. MUST REPAINT AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS INSIDE PREP COOLERS AND INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER NOT PROPERLY LABELED. MUST PROPERLY LABEL ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME, PREPARED BY DATE AND/OR USED BY DATE.
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS INSIDE PREP COOLERS AND INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER NOT PROPERLY LABELED. MUST PROPERLY LABEL ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME, PREPARED BY DATE AND/OR USED BY DATE.
🪳pests in the house
Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK DRAINING SLOW IN FRONT SERVICE STATION. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED LEAKING PILE UNDERNEATH EXPOSED HAND SINK IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITAZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITAZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
When was Orange last inspected?
Orange has 17 inspections on record going back to June 30, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
June 11, 2019
closed by the city
March 23, 2018
Pass
November 29, 2017
Pass
March 9, 2017
Pass
March 2, 2017
Fail
February 28, 2017
Fail
April 29, 2016
Pass
April 22, 2016
Fail
December 2, 2015
Pass
January 26, 2015
Pass
June 30, 2014
Pass w/ Conditions
September 18, 2013
Pass
Orange vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 March 23, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.