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Sharks Fish & Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 26, 2024
- address101 E 51St St, Chicago 60615
Is Sharks Fish & Chicken clean?
Sharks Fish & Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 26, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sharks Fish & Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED THE HAND SINK IN THE WASHROOM IN POOR REPAIR. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WASHROOM FIXTURES,WALLS, CEILING AND FLOORS.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WASHROOM FIXTURES,WALLS, CEILING AND FLOORS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Violation Codes: 6-501.12 Inspector Comments: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGH OUT UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND VARIOUS EQUIPMENT, CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN CEILING VENTS AND REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES WHERE NEEDED. Violation Codes: 6-501.114 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED UNUSED AND BROKEN EQUIPMENT THROUGH OUT THE REAR AND CLUTTER THROUGH OUT THE FRONT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE/DECLUTTER PREMISES TO PREVENT HARBORAGE FOR PEST.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST CLEAN THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIMPENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND DEBRIS.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST CLEAN THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIMPENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND DEBRIS.
When was Sharks Fish & Chicken last inspected?
Sharks Fish & Chicken has 16 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| September 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 5, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 26, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 23, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 21, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 14, 2021 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Sharks Fish & Chicken vs Fuller Park
Fuller Park runs 61% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 36 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fuller Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 September 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.