Pearl's Place

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 4, 2015
• address3901 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60653

Is Pearl's Place clean?

Pearl's Place is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 4, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pearl's Place?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • spector Comments: MUST LABEL PACKAGED DESSERTS TO GO WITH PROPER INFO GIVEN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • spector Comments: MUST LABEL PACKAGED DESSERTS TO GO WITH PROPER INFO GIVEN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE HANDLE ON REAR REACH IN FREEZER,WORN DOOR GASKETS ON 2- DOOR REACH IN FREEZER,DAMAGED LIDS ON FOODS AT HOT HOLDING UNIT.MUST REMOVE RUST FROM SPICE RACK.MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT HAND SINKS IN BAKERY AREA,DISH MACHINE AREA AND AT 3- COMP SINK IN MAIN PREP AREA .
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE HANDLE ON REAR REACH IN FREEZER,WORN DOOR GASKETS ON 2- DOOR REACH IN FREEZER,DAMAGED LIDS ON FOODS AT HOT HOLDING UNIT.MUST REMOVE RUST FROM SPICE RACK.MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT HAND SINKS IN BAKERY AREA,DISH MACHINE AREA AND AT 3- COMP SINK IN MAIN PREP AREA .
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRI FROM FRYERS,STEAM TABLE,GRILL TABLE,WHEEL BASES,OVEN,REACH IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS .
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRI FROM FLOOR ALONG WALL BASES,UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT AND FLOOR DRAINS.MUST GROUT FLOOR IN FRONT PREP AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRI FROM FLOOR ALONG WALL BASES,UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT AND FLOOR DRAINS.MUST GROUT FLOOR IN FRONT PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED AND MISSING CEILINGS,WALL BASES IN ALL PREP AREA,HOLE IN WALL WITH TOWEL INSIDE IN MAIN PREP AREA,FINISH WALLS AND CEILINGS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON CEILINGS.MUST CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED AND MISSING CEILINGS,WALL BASES IN ALL PREP AREA,HOLE IN WALL WITH TOWEL INSIDE IN MAIN PREP AREA,FINISH WALLS AND CEILINGS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON CEILINGS.MUST CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Inspector Comments: MUST REPLACE BURNT OUT LIGHT AND CRACKED SHIELD IN MAIN PREP AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY PIPE AT HAND SINK NEAR SERVING LINE.

When was Pearl's Place last inspected?

Pearl's Place has 18 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pearl's Place vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 35% of them.

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• ✓ The Abundance Bakery
  clean · August 23, 2016
• ✓! Popeye's
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• ✓ Chicago Philly Steak, Llc
  clean · May 18, 2010
• ✓! Hyde Park Convenience
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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 August 4, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.