The Clipper/ Cc Ferns

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 9, 2016
• address1002 N California Ave, Chicago 60622

Is The Clipper/ Cc Ferns clean?

The Clipper/ Cc Ferns is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 9, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Clipper/ Cc Ferns?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 9, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PROVIDE LIDS FOR ICE BINS AT COFFEE SHOP, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. NO SPLASH GUARD INSTALLED BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND ICE BIN BEHIND BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SAID SINK. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PROVIDE LIDS FOR ICE BINS AT COFFEE SHOP, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. NO SPLASH GUARD INSTALLED BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND ICE BIN BEHIND BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SAID SINK. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • RUST INSIDE THE ICE BIN IN THE COFFEE SHOP, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. ICE SCOOP STORED ON TOP THE ICE MACHINE, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN ENCLOSED ICE SCOOP CONTAINER TO PROTECT FROM ANY CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS ON FLOOR INSIDE THE FURNACE ROOM AREA, MUST CLEAN. ELEVATE ITEMS 6" OFF THE FLOOR IN BASEMENT AREA BY THE HOT WATER TANK.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS ON FLOOR INSIDE THE FURNACE ROOM AREA, MUST CLEAN. ELEVATE ITEMS 6" OFF THE FLOOR IN BASEMENT AREA BY THE HOT WATER TANK.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WOOD WALL PANELS INSIDE THE WOMEN'S WASHROOMS WITH ROUGH SURFACE AND GAPS BETWEEN PANELS. PROVIDE SURFACE THAT IS SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WOOD WALL PANELS INSIDE THE WOMEN'S WASHROOMS WITH ROUGH SURFACE AND GAPS BETWEEN PANELS. PROVIDE SURFACE THAT IS SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO SLASH GUARD PROVIDED BETWEEN THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND FOOD TRAYS AT FRONT COFFEE SERVING SHOP, NEED TO PROVIDE. NO VISIBLE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICES INSTALLED AT EITHER ICE MACHINE AND WATER CONNECTION TO COFFEE MACHINE, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AT MENTIONED UNITS. NO STOPPERS PROVIDED AT 4 COMPARTMENT SINK, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. NO PREP/DUMP SINK FOR COFFEE/BEVERAGE PREP AREA. MUST INSTALL SINK.

When was The Clipper/ Cc Ferns last inspected?

The Clipper/ Cc Ferns has 4 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2015.

The Clipper/ Cc Ferns vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 December 9, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.