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Strings 2
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 23, 2015
- address1629 N Halsted, Chicago 60614
Is Strings 2 clean?
Strings 2 is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 23, 2015. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Strings 2?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED FOUR 5 BUCKETS OF PORK SOUP DATED 10/22/15 AT 57.0F VALUED $500 WITHIN WALK IN COOLER. ALL SOUP WAS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalSanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • OBSERVED LOW TEMP CHLORINE SANITIZING DISH MACHINE AT 0PPM OF CHLORINE. REPAIR MAN CAME AND REPAIRED DISH MACHINE DURING INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ALL LARGE POTS AND PANS THAT DO NOT FIT IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK OR DISHMACHINE MUST BE REMOVED FROM PREMISES OF LARGE ENOUGH 3 COMPARMENT SINK MUST BE INSTALLED TO SUBMERGE LARGEST POT. • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVES IN KITHCEN NEAR DISH MACHINE AND WALK IN COOLER. RAW WOOD IS PROHIBITED AND MSUT EB SEALED OR PAINTED SO THAT THE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ALL LARGE POTS AND PANS THAT DO NOT FIT IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK OR DISHMACHINE MUST BE REMOVED FROM PREMISES OF LARGE ENOUGH 3 COMPARMENT SINK MUST BE INSTALLED TO SUBMERGE LARGEST POT. • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVES IN KITHCEN NEAR DISH MACHINE AND WALK IN COOLER. RAW WOOD IS PROHIBITED AND MSUT EB SEALED OR PAINTED SO THAT THE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALLS BEHIND MOP SINK AND DISH MACHINE UNCLEAN WITH BLACK SOOT/DIRT. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS IN A SANITIARY CONDITION.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALLS BEHIND MOP SINK AND DISH MACHINE UNCLEAN WITH BLACK SOOT/DIRT. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS IN A SANITIARY CONDITION.
When was Strings 2 last inspected?
Strings 2 has 4 inspections on record going back to March 20, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 26, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| October 23, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 20, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 20, 2015 | Pass |
Strings 2 vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 23, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.