The Chicken Shack

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2016
• address7920 S Western Ave, Chicago 60620

Is The Chicken Shack clean?

The Chicken Shack is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 24, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Chicken Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED PLUMBERS PUTTY AND SHIPPING PACKAGING INSIDE OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK BASINS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PLUMBERS PUTTY AND SHIPPING PACKAGING.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR TILES MISSING BETWEEN THE MOP SINK AND HOT WATER HEATER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FLOOR TILES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR TILES MISSING BETWEEN THE MOP SINK AND HOT WATER HEATER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FLOOR TILES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING VENTS WITH ACCUMULATED DUST IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE CEILING VENTS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING VENTS WITH ACCUMULATED DUST IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE CEILING VENTS.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO DIAL STEM THERMOMETER TO TSKE TEMPERATURES OF FOOD ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A DIAL STEM THERMOMETER.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO DIAL STEM THERMOMETER TO TSKE TEMPERATURES OF FOOD ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A DIAL STEM THERMOMETER.

When was The Chicken Shack last inspected?

The Chicken Shack has 2 inspections on record going back to March 24, 2016.

The Chicken Shack vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 March 24, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.