The Big State

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 10, 2017
• address624 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60622

Is The Big State clean?

The Big State is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 10, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Big State?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE THE PERMANENTLY STAINED, DEEP GROOVED CUTTING BOARD ON THE LINE ATTACHED TO THE COLD-HOLDING UNIT AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE THE PERMANENTLY STAINED, DEEP GROOVED CUTTING BOARD ON THE LINE ATTACHED TO THE COLD-HOLDING UNIT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FREEZER TO REMOVE ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED TWO LEAKS IN THE FAUCET HEAD ATTACHED TO THE 3-COMPARMTENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE BROKEN FAUCET HEAD AND MAINTAIN.

When was The Big State last inspected?

The Big State has 7 inspections on record going back to August 28, 2014.

The Big State vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 April 10, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.