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South Water Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 4, 2017
- address225 N Wabash Ave, Chicago 60601
Is South Water Kitchen clean?
South Water Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 4, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at South Water Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 4, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WITH A BROWNISH/PINKISH SUBSTANCE LOCATED IN THE LOWER LEVEL PREP AREA AND 3RD FLOOR PREP AREA/BANQUET. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
When was South Water Kitchen last inspected?
South Water Kitchen has 8 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| October 4, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2017 | Fail | |
| April 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 16, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2013 | Pass |
South Water Kitchen vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 October 4, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.