Song Do

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 26, 2019
• address4918 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Song Do clean?

Song Do is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 26, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Song Do?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 26, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUEDE.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND PROVIDE CLEANING SUPPLIES KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • ALL READY TO EAT COOKED TCS CFOOD MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED AND DATED WITH PREPARTION DATE OR EXPIRATION DATE.(7 DAYS FROM PREPARTION DATE). PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • MUST PROVIDE REMINDER AND DISCLOSURE ON ALL RAW OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS BEING SERVE ON THE MENU AND ASTERISK THE RAW OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS ON THE MENU. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL DRY BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH COMMON NAME.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTH FOR WIPING THEB PREP TABLE CHOPPING BOARD, COOLERS, MUST BE STORED ON A BUCLKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USES.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS, POTS, PANS, MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINAION AND DUST BUILD-UP.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS, POTS, PANS, MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINAION AND DUST BUILD-UP.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPLACE GROCERY BAG BEING USE TO STORE FROZEN FOOD WITH FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAG.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE COOLERS (BUFFET COOLERS)IN THE FRONT SERVING AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • UNABLE TO FIND THE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE ICE MAKER. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL TO LOCATE AND BE ABLE TO SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FEMALE WASHROOM WASTE RECEPTACLE MUST HAVE A LID/COVER FOR FEMININE ITEMS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FEMALE WASHROOM WASTE RECEPTACLE MUST HAVE A LID/COVER FOR FEMININE ITEMS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE PREP/KITCHEN AREA AND DINING AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE WALLS BEHIND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN. • CLUTTER IN THE FRONT COUNTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE HALLLWAY ACCROSS THE FRONT COUNTER, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ITEMS NOT BEING USED TO PREVENT RODENT/INSECTS HARBORAGE. • HEAVY DUST BUILD -UP ON BOTH CEILING VENT COVER IN BOTH WASHROOMS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD MUST OBTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD MUST OBTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER MUST OBTAIN AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.

When was Song Do last inspected?

Song Do has 16 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Song Do vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 December 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.