Roots & The Sixth

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 18, 2022
• address2200 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Roots & The Sixth clean?

Roots & The Sixth is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 18, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Roots & The Sixth?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDSINK BEHIND THE BAR (THE SIXTH).
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • FOUND HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA NOT PROVIDING FINAL SANITIZING RINSE TEMPERATURE OF 180F. (NOTED FINAL SANITIZING RINSE OF 140F) AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAREWASHING MACHINE (THE SIXTH BAR) AT IMPROPER FINAL SANITIZING RINSE AT 0 PPM CHLORINE CONCENTRATION. BOTH DISHMACHINE ARE NOT IN USED AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO FIX AND MAINTAIN. A MECHANICAL DISHWASHING MACHINES SHOULD PROVIDE A FINAL SANITIZING RINSE OF EITHER 50 – 100 PPM CHLORINE (FOR CHEMICAL SANITIZING MACHINE) OR 180F FINAL RINSE (FOR HOT WATER SANITIZING MACHINE). SERVICE TECHNICIAN ARRIVED ON SITE, LOW TEMPERATURE WAREWASHING MACHINE (THE SIXTH BAR) HAS BEEN FIXED NOW AT 100 PPM CHLORINE CONCENTRATION AND HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE NOW AT 180F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED TO LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS (VISIBLE) IDENTIFIED WITH COMMON NAME (BREAD CRUMBS, FLOUR ETC)
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED CEILING ABOVE BASEMENT DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA IN POOR REPAIR WITH WATER DAMAGE/PEELING PAINT. INSTRUCTED TO FIX.

When was Roots & The Sixth last inspected?

Roots & The Sixth has 18 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Roots & The Sixth vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 31% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Square

• ✓ Roots & The Sixth
  clean · December 14, 2015
• ✓ Groundswell Cafe
  clean · January 12, 2021
• ✓! Turkish Cafe Restaurant, Inc,
  mid · February 27, 2020
• ✓ Sushi Tokoro
  clean · June 2, 2017
• ✓! K's Dugout
  mid · September 24, 2021
• ✓ Baker Miller, Llc
  clean · April 27, 2017

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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 November 18, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.