The Bird Cage

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 29, 2021
• address5308-5312 N Clark St, Chicago 60640

Is The Bird Cage clean?

The Bird Cage is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 29, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Bird Cage?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 29, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLERS IN THE KITCHEN. REPAIR ISSUE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • GREASE BUILD-UP INSIDE THE DEEP FRYERS,BURNED FOOD INSIDE THE OVENS. CLEAN AND MAINTAINS
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAKING PIPE UNDER THE HANDWASHING SINK AT REAR PREP AREA,REPAIR ISSUE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • COVER FOR RECEPTACLE IS NEEDED AT KITCHEN STAFF WASHROOM AND UNISEX WASHROOMS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • COVER FOR RECEPTACLE IS NEEDED AT KITCHEN STAFF WASHROOM AND UNISEX WASHROOMS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • THE WALL BEHIND THE BAR AREA WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER NOT ENOUGH TO BE EASILY CLEANABLE. • EXCESS GREASE UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, UNDER PREP COOLERS IN THE KITCHEN, AND DEBRIS BEHIND BAR COUNTER. EXCESS DEBRIS INSIDE THE FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was The Bird Cage last inspected?

The Bird Cage has 7 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2018.

The Bird Cage vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.

Other spots in Edgewater

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  clean · February 23, 2018
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  clean · October 5, 2017
• ✓ The Veranda
  clean · April 17, 2019
• ✓ Subway
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• ✓! Dollar General Store
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• ✓ Happy Grocery & Dollar
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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 July 29, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.