Simply Elegant Catering

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 15, 2015
• address328 N Carpenter St, Chicago 60607
• cuisineCatering

Is Simply Elegant Catering clean?

Simply Elegant Catering is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 15, 2015. 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 Simply Elegant Catering?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PAINT RUSTY SHELVE(S).
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PAINT RUSTY SHELVE(S).
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: CABINET INTERIOR OF DEEP FRYER, SHELVES UNDERNEATH PREP TABLES, CAN OPENER AND HOLSTER CONNECTED TO PREP TABLE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • SMOOTH AND RE-PAINT SECTIONS OF FLOOR IN FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS WHERE SURFACES ARE CHIPPED. DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS AND IN CORNERS THROUGHOUT WHERE DIRT AND DEBRIS ARE PRESENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • SMOOTH AND RE-PAINT SECTIONS OF FLOOR IN FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS WHERE SURFACES ARE CHIPPED. DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS AND IN CORNERS THROUGHOUT WHERE DIRT AND DEBRIS ARE PRESENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS IN DISHWASHING AREA. CLEAN HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS IN DISHWASHING AREA. CLEAN HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST KEEP ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT CLEAN.

When was Simply Elegant Catering last inspected?

Simply Elegant Catering has 6 inspections on record going back to November 10, 2010.

Simply Elegant Catering vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 June 15, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.