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Seashell Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 27, 2021
- address1600 W 59Th St, Chicago 60636
Is Seashell Restaurant clean?
Seashell Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 27, 2021. 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 Seashell Restaurant?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2021. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Seashell Restaurant last inspected?
Seashell Restaurant has 13 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 15, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| August 27, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 5, 2018 | Pass | |
| December 22, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 25, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2015 | Fail | |
| March 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2012 | Pass |
Seashell Restaurant vs West Englewood
West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.
Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, 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 27, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.