Santorini

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 9, 2019
• address138 S Halsted St, Chicago 60661

Is Santorini clean?

Santorini is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 9, 2019. 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 Santorini?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 9, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • MUST PROVIDE A DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER STATEMENT ON MENUS REGARDING RAW OR UNDER COOKED FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST INVERT DISHES AND UTENSILS BEING STORED AT THE HOT FOOD LINE IN THE PREP AREA, TO PREVENT DUST & FOOD CONTAMINATION ON DISHES AND UTENSILS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST INVERT DISHES AND UTENSILS BEING STORED AT THE HOT FOOD LINE IN THE PREP AREA, TO PREVENT DUST & FOOD CONTAMINATION ON DISHES AND UTENSILS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPLACE BROKEN DOOR GASKETS ON MULTIPLE COOLING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST DETAIL CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION FROM CEILING VENT COVERS THROUGHOUT, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. • MUST REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREP AREA, AND IN THE BREAD & COFFEE WAITER STATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE BURNED OUT LIGHTS ABOVE HOT FOOD LINE, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE BURNED OUT LIGHTS ABOVE HOT FOOD LINE, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.

When was Santorini last inspected?

Santorini has 16 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Santorini vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 August 9, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.