Cooked?
Take Me Out
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 21, 2016
- address1502 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
Is Take Me Out clean?
Take Me Out is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 21, 2016. 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 Take Me Out?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 21, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED REAR BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO LABEL WHITE RICE, BROWN RICE.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED REAR BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO LABEL WHITE RICE, BROWN RICE.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE REAR STORAGE SHELF FOR THE RICE NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
When was Take Me Out last inspected?
Take Me Out has 12 inspections on record going back to September 17, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 8, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| January 27, 2017 | — | |
| June 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 29, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2015 | Fail | |
| June 16, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 17, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 4, 2011 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2011 | — | |
| September 17, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Take Me Out vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, 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 June 21, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.