Shellseekers Seafood Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2023
• address810 W 59Th St, Chicago 60621

Is Shellseekers Seafood Market clean?

Shellseekers Seafood Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 28, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Shellseekers Seafood Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER AT 46.9F, WHILE REINSPECTION THE LIGHT INSIDE. A HELD FOR INSPECTION TAG WAS PLACED ON THE UNIT. ONCE REPAIRED EMAIL TO CDPH. MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING UNITS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B) OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THEMOMETER IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-201.11 OBSERVED THE KNOB TO TURN THE WATER OFF AND ON IN THE EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM DETACHED FROM THE SINK. EMPLOYEE PUT KNOB ON TO OPERATE SINK, BUT THE KNOB DOES NOT STAY ON THE SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 OBSERVED BELOW THE INTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF THE DEEP-FRYING UNITS WITH SEVERE GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15 OBSERVED A LEAK AT THE PIPE UNDER THE WASH COMPARTMENT OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. THE WATER WAS PROFUSELY LEAKING INTO A BIN FILLED WITH WATER UNDER THE COMPARTMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.13 OBSERVED THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY ESPECIALLY UNDER THE DEEP-FRYING UNITS, ON THE SIDE OF THE DRY SPICE SHELVING UNIT, THE TOILET ROOM AND UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK WITH GREASE, FLOUR, AND FOOD SPILLS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SAID FLOORS AND MAINTAIN. • 6-201.11 OBSERVED ICE BUILD UP ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE BUILD UP AND MAINTAIN.

When was Shellseekers Seafood Market last inspected?

Shellseekers Seafood Market has 11 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2020.

Shellseekers Seafood Market vs Englewood

Englewood runs 59% clean across 303 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 40 mid, 84 cooked.

Against the 303 spots Cooked tracks in Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 28, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.