The Big Shish

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 24, 2013
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is The Big Shish clean?

The Big Shish is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 24, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Big Shish?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • LETTERING SIZE FOR LICENSE NUMBER OUTSIDE OF TRUCK IS TOO SMALL; MUST BE TWO INCH LETTERING; CORRECT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • LETTERING SIZE FOR LICENSE NUMBER OUTSIDE OF TRUCK IS TOO SMALL; MUST BE TWO INCH LETTERING; CORRECT.

When was The Big Shish last inspected?

The Big Shish has 2 inspections on record going back to April 24, 2013.

The Big Shish 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 34% 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 April 24, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.