Slim's

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 1, 2022
• address2020 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Slim's clean?

Slim's is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 1, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Slim's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 1, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED CUSTOMER ACCESS TO WASHROOM REQUIRES PASSING THROUGH FOOD PREPARATION AND STORAGE AREAS.WASHROOMS FOR PUBLIC USE SHALL BE LOCATED IN A PUBLIC PORTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN, OR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH, FOOD PREPARATION, UTENSIL WASHING OR FOOD STORAGE AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(c).
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED CUSTOMER ACCESS TO WASHROOM REQUIRES PASSING THROUGH FOOD PREPARATION AND STORAGE AREAS.WASHROOMS FOR PUBLIC USE SHALL BE LOCATED IN A PUBLIC PORTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN, OR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH, FOOD PREPARATION, UTENSIL WASHING OR FOOD STORAGE AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(c).

When was Slim's last inspected?

Slim's has 1 inspection on record going back to September 1, 2022.

Slim's vs North Center

North Center runs 41% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 74 mid, 495 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 1, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.