Poke Poke

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 14, 2020
• address105 W Madison St, Chicago 60602

Is Poke Poke clean?

Poke Poke is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 14, 2020. 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 Poke Poke?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • FOUND NO RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR PARASITE DESTRUCTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE IF RAW, RAW-MARINATED, PARTIALLY COOKED, OR MARINATED-PARTIALLY COOKED FISH ARE SERVED OR SOLD IN READY-TO-EAT FORM, THE PERSON IN CHARGE SHALL RECORD THE FREEZING TEMPERATURE AND TIME TO WHICH THE FISH ARE SUBJECTED AND SHALL RETAIN THE RECORDS OF THE RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT FOR 90 CALENDAR DAYS BEYOND THE TIME OF SERVICE OR SALE OF THE FISH. IF THE FISH ARE FROZEN BY A SUPPLIER, A WRITTEN AGREEMENT OR STATEMENT FROM THE SUPPLIER STIPULATING THAT THE FISH SUPPLIED ARE FROZEN TO A TEMPERATURE AND FOR A TIME SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 3-402.11 MAY SUBSTITUTE FOR THE RECORDS SPECIFIED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.critical
  Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • FOUND NO RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR PARASITE DESTRUCTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE IF RAW, RAW-MARINATED, PARTIALLY COOKED, OR MARINATED-PARTIALLY COOKED FISH ARE SERVED OR SOLD IN READY-TO-EAT FORM, THE PERSON IN CHARGE SHALL RECORD THE FREEZING TEMPERATURE AND TIME TO WHICH THE FISH ARE SUBJECTED AND SHALL RETAIN THE RECORDS OF THE RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT FOR 90 CALENDAR DAYS BEYOND THE TIME OF SERVICE OR SALE OF THE FISH. IF THE FISH ARE FROZEN BY A SUPPLIER, A WRITTEN AGREEMENT OR STATEMENT FROM THE SUPPLIER STIPULATING THAT THE FISH SUPPLIED ARE FROZEN TO A TEMPERATURE AND FOR A TIME SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 3-402.11 MAY SUBSTITUTE FOR THE RECORDS SPECIFIED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER ON THE MONITOR DISPLAY MENU NOR ORDER FORMS FOR ALL ITEMS (RAW TUNA, RAW SALMON ETC.) THAT CAN BE ORDERED RAW OR UNDERCOOKED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A DISCLOSURE ON THE MENU FOR SUCH ITEMS AND ADD A REMINDER ON THE MENU THAT READS *THESE ITEMS CAN BE ORDERED UNDERCOOKED OR RAW. CONSUMING UNDERCOOKED OR RAW FOODS CAN INCREASE YOUR RISK OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.

When was Poke Poke last inspected?

Poke Poke has 6 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2018.

Poke Poke vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 January 14, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.