Salt Shed

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 28, 2024 →
• address1357 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60642
• cuisineMusic Venue

Is Salt Shed clean?

Salt Shed is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 28, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Salt Shed?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Salt Shed last inspected?

Salt Shed has 8 inspections on record going back to February 9, 2023.

Salt Shed vs West Town

West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,250 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 28, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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