Surf's Up

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 14, 2026 →
• address2236 E 71St St, Chicago 60649

Is Surf's Up clean?

Surf's Up is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🚩.

What did inspectors find at Surf's Up?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected

When was Surf's Up last inspected?

Surf's Up has 4 inspections on record going back to November 14, 2025.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 3 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

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Surf's Up vs South Shore

South Shore runs 69% clean across 141 tracked restaurants — 94 clean, 23 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 141 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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