Smoking Tips

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 6, 2011
• address1535 W 79 St Bldg, Chicago 60620

Is Smoking Tips clean?

Smoking Tips is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 6, 2011. 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 Smoking Tips?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 6, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • A separate and distinct offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each Serious violation that is not corrected upon re-inspection by the health authority. THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOTED 5-20-11 NOT CORRECTED: -19-GREASE DUMPSTER NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED, GREASE AND DEBRIS NOTED ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE-MUST MAKE KEEP THE EXTERIOR CLEAN-CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL FOR NON COMPLIANCE FOR EXISTING VIOLATION-7-42-090critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • A separate and distinct offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each Serious violation that is not corrected upon re-inspection by the health authority. THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOTED 5-20-11 NOT CORRECTED: -19-GREASE DUMPSTER NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED, GREASE AND DEBRIS NOTED ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE-MUST MAKE KEEP THE EXTERIOR CLEAN-CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL FOR NON COMPLIANCE FOR EXISTING VIOLATION-7-42-090
• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • violation not corrected-see violation # 14
  Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • violation not corrected-see violation # 14
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PAINT EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PAINT EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR CABINET OF DEEP FRYER, SIDES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, & REACH-IN FREEZER
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN REAR. DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN REAR. DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN PIPES CONNECTED TO GREASE TRAP.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN PIPES CONNECTED TO GREASE TRAP.

When was Smoking Tips last inspected?

Smoking Tips has 5 inspections on record going back to February 5, 2010.

Smoking Tips vs Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.

Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, 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 June 6, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.