Pier 31

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 2, 2013
• address3100 S Lakeshore Dr, Chicago 60616

Is Pier 31 clean?

Pier 31 is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Pier 31?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NO HOT WATER IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST INSTALL HOT WATER WITHIN 90 DAYS PER OFFICE. • NO HANDSINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST INSTALL
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO GREASE TRAP AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK MUST INSTALL.

When was Pier 31 last inspected?

Pier 31 has 1 inspection on record going back to July 2, 2013.

Pier 31 vs Douglas

Douglas runs 69% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 79 clean, 24 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Douglas, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

Other spots in Douglas

• ✓! New York Dollar & Food
  mid · December 29, 2015
• ✓ Indiana Grocers
  clean · August 16, 2012
• ✓ Mississippi Ricks
  clean · March 18, 2014
• ✓ Mcdonalds
  clean · August 7, 2019
• ✓ Good Times Sports Bar
  clean · June 10, 2014
• ✓ Tai Cho Cafe
  clean · February 26, 2013

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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 July 2, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.