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The Big Easy
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 15, 2012
- address1660 E 55Th St, Chicago 60615
Is The Big Easy clean?
The Big Easy is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 15, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Big Easy?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPAIR ALL BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN KITCHEN AND MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPAIR ALL BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN KITCHEN AND MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • SPRAYER AT THE DISH MACHINE COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF. MUST REPAIR.
When was The Big Easy last inspected?
The Big Easy has 20 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2013 | closed by the city | |
| October 15, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2012 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2012 | Fail | |
| October 1, 2012 | Fail | |
| September 26, 2012 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2012 | Fail | |
| September 18, 2012 | Fail | |
| September 6, 2012 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2012 | Fail | |
| July 6, 2012 | Fail | |
| June 29, 2012 | Fail |
The Big Easy vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 15, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.