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Surf's Up
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 28, 2021
- address4317 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60653
Is Surf's Up clean?
Surf's Up is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 28, 2021. 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 Surf's Up?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 28, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE SIGNED COPIES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED MANAGER. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT THROUGH ANSI ACCREDITED PROGRAM.
When was Surf's Up last inspected?
Surf's Up has 2 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 6, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| December 28, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Surf's Up vs Oakland
Oakland runs 77% clean across 56 tracked restaurants — 43 clean, 12 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 56 spots Cooked tracks in Oakland, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 28, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.