Outback Steakhouse

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 24, 2024 →
• address8101 W Higgins Rd, Chicago 60631

Is Outback Steakhouse clean?

Outback Steakhouse is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on January 6, 2025, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass on May 24, 2024. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Outback Steakhouse?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Outback Steakhouse last inspected?

Outback Steakhouse has 28 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Outback Steakhouse vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 83% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 118 clean, 24 mid, 1 cooked.

Other spots in Norwood Park

• ✓ Outback Steakhouse
  clean · May 16, 2011
• ✓ Revel
  cooked · January 5, 2018
• ✓ Dish Dine And Drink
  clean · August 23, 2011
• ✓ The Original Sally's Pancake House
  cooked · February 18, 2016
• ✓! Mo Dailey's Pub & Grille
  cooked · January 14, 2020
• ✓ Mo Dailey's Pub & Grille
  clean · February 6, 2012

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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