Outback Steakhouse

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

Is Outback Steakhouse clean?

Outback Steakhouse is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 24, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

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 • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED ON COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED CHICKEN BEING THAWED IN SITTING WATER IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. SEE COMMENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO THAW ITEMS EITHER IN REFRIGERATOR OR UNDER COLD, RUNNING WATER.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED CHICKEN BEING THAWED IN SITTING WATER IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. SEE COMMENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO THAW ITEMS EITHER IN REFRIGERATOR OR UNDER COLD, RUNNING WATER.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAK COMING FROM PIPE UNDER EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF DUST ON VENTS THROUGHOUT REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF DUST ON VENTS THROUGHOUT REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICTES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATES MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

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 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 50 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.

Other spots in Norwood Park

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

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.