Sharks Fish & Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 8, 2020
• address8255 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60652

Is Sharks Fish & Chicken clean?

Sharks Fish & Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 8, 2020. 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 Sharks Fish & Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 8, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. HOWEVER MUST PROVIDE ALL THE NECESSARY ITEMS IN POLICY INCLUDING FACE MASK DISPOSABLE GLOVES, DISPOSABLE MOP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD TEMPERATURES OF ( TCS) FOOD. APPROX (2) 40-LB CONTAINERS OF CATFISH STORED BY 3- COMPARTMENT TO UNTHAW AT IMPROPER COLD TEMPERATURES OF 49.0F,61.0F. ALSO 40-LBS OF OCEAN PEARCH AT 55.0F. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COLD FOODS INSIDE COOLER AT 41.0F. ALL FOODS REMOVED AND DISCARDED BY PIC AT COST APPROX $ 150.00-COS. PRIORITY VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FISH BEING UNTHAWED OVERNIGHT. INSTRUCTED TO ONLY THAW UNDER REFGERATION, COLD RUNNING WATER AND MICROWAVE.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FISH BEING UNTHAWED OVERNIGHT. INSTRUCTED TO ONLY THAW UNDER REFGERATION, COLD RUNNING WATER AND MICROWAVE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • ALL WASHROOMS USED BY FEMALES MUST HAVE A COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR SANITARY NAPKINS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • ALL WASHROOMS USED BY FEMALES MUST HAVE A COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR SANITARY NAPKINS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS NEED CLEANING OF DEBRIS IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/MAINTAIN.

When was Sharks Fish & Chicken last inspected?

Sharks Fish & Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to November 7, 2019.

Sharks Fish & Chicken vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 July 8, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.