The Big Cheese On Lincoln

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 13, 2015
• address4229 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60618

Is The Big Cheese On Lincoln clean?

The Big Cheese On Lincoln is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 13, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Big Cheese On Lincoln?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 13, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVES AT BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL RAW WOOD SHELVES, SHELVES SURFACES MUST BE NON-ABOSORBANT AND SMOOTH/EASY TO CLEAN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVES AT BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL RAW WOOD SHELVES, SHELVES SURFACES MUST BE NON-ABOSORBANT AND SMOOTH/EASY TO CLEAN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CRACKED/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN RIGHT SIDE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR IN WASHROOM.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CRACKED/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN RIGHT SIDE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR IN WASHROOM.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NO LIGHTS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE WORKING LIGHT BULBS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • DISHWASH AREA EXPOSED HANDWASH BOWL COLD WATER HANDLE STRIPPED ALSO DISHWASH 3-COMPARTMENT SINK PIPE DRAINING SLOWLY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR COLD WATER HANDLE AND ROD OUT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK DRAIN PIPE AT SAID AREA.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE PREP COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE PREP COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • BASEMENT FLOOR CLUTTERED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS 6" OFF FLOOR, MUST CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT BASEMENT.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST BE CERTIFIED WITH CERTIFICATES OF NAMES OF EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST BE CERTIFIED WITH CERTIFICATES OF NAMES OF EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES.

When was The Big Cheese On Lincoln last inspected?

The Big Cheese On Lincoln has 6 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2012.

The Big Cheese On Lincoln vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 13, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.