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Scissor & Fork
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2026
- address3968 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Scissor & Fork clean?
Scissor & Fork is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2026. 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 Scissor & Fork?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUTED TO HAVE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
When was Scissor & Fork last inspected?
Scissor & Fork has 3 inspections on record going back to December 26, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 26, 2025 | — |
Scissor & Fork vs Irving Park
Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 March 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.