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Square Roots Kitchen, Llc
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 10, 2019
- address120 S Halsted St, Chicago 60661
Is Square Roots Kitchen, Llc clean?
Square Roots Kitchen, Llc is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 10, 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 Square Roots Kitchen, Llc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ONSITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE CITY'S HEALTH FORM OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTS USED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO CLEAN UP SUPPLIES OR PROCEDURES ONSITE FOR VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SUPPLIES AND POST PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH COMMON FOOD NAMES; FLOUR, SUGAR, ETC., WHEN FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGING. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PREPARING FOOD IN PREP AREA WITH OUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES WHEN PREPARING FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAINPersonal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PREPARING FOOD IN PREP AREA WITH OUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES WHEN PREPARING FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MUST REPAIR LEAKY PIPE UNDER 3-COMP SINK IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS AND WATER FROM FLOORS IN PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION FROM CEILING VENT IN PREP ARE, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION LICENSE. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE THE ONLINE TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ONSITE.
When was Square Roots Kitchen, Llc last inspected?
Square Roots Kitchen, Llc has 7 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| June 10, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 12, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2018 | Fail | |
| December 28, 2017 | — |
Square Roots Kitchen, Llc 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 9% 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 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.