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Salt & Pepper Diner
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 4, 2015
- address3537 N Clark St, Chicago 60657
Is Salt & Pepper Diner clean?
Salt & Pepper Diner is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 4, 2015. 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 Salt & Pepper Diner?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON THE WALLS SURROUNDING THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON THE WALLS SURROUNDING THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO INCREASE THE HOT WATER PRESSURE AT THE REAR EXPOSED HANDSINK AND TO MAINTAIN.
When was Salt & Pepper Diner last inspected?
Salt & Pepper Diner has 15 inspections on record going back to June 28, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| December 4, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 27, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 5, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2013 | Fail | |
| June 27, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 12, 2011 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2011 | Fail | |
| September 16, 2011 | Fail |
Salt & Pepper Diner vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 December 4, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.