Pockets

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 17, 2012
• address1309 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615

Is Pockets clean?

Pockets is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 17, 2012. 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 Pockets?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 17, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • GROUT LOOSE FLOOR TILES NEAR GREASE TRAP.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • GROUT LOOSE FLOOR TILES NEAR GREASE TRAP.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL OPENING IN WALLS IN WASHROOMS, ALONG BASEBOARDS, AROUND PIPE FITTINGS, ETC. SEAL OPENING AROUND PIPE FITTING UNDER REAR EXPOSED SINK. SEAL OPENINGS ALONG TILES AND BASEBOARDS IN ALL AREAS. REPLACE MISSING TILES ALONG WALLS AND GROUT LOOSE WALL TILES. WALLS NEED CLEANING AND PAINTING IN REAR. CLEAN ALL WALL AND CEILING VENTS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL OPENING IN WALLS IN WASHROOMS, ALONG BASEBOARDS, AROUND PIPE FITTINGS, ETC. SEAL OPENING AROUND PIPE FITTING UNDER REAR EXPOSED SINK. SEAL OPENINGS ALONG TILES AND BASEBOARDS IN ALL AREAS. REPLACE MISSING TILES ALONG WALLS AND GROUT LOOSE WALL TILES. WALLS NEED CLEANING AND PAINTING IN REAR. CLEAN ALL WALL AND CEILING VENTS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELD IN REAR AREA.

When was Pockets last inspected?

Pockets has 5 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2010.

Pockets vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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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 17, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.