The Clipper

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 2, 2016
• address1002 N California Ave, Chicago 60622

Is The Clipper clean?

The Clipper is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 2, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Clipper?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • 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-ABSORBANT SURFACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • 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-ABSORBANT SURFACE.
• ⚠️No Smoking Regulations • NO 'NO SMOKING' SIGNS, NOR THE INTERNATIONAL 'NO SMOKING' SYMBOL, POSTED ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. CHICAGO CLEAN INDOOR AIR ORDINANCE: POSTING OF SIGN: 7-32-020A. • MANAGER AND I OBSERVED DIRTY ASHTRAY AT END OF THE BAR BY THE CLEAN GLASSES. ALL ASHTRAYS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM ANY AREA WHERE SMOKING IS PROHIBITED. ASHTRAY REMOVED BY THE MANAGER. CHICAGO CLEAN INDOOR AIR ORDINANCE: REMOVAL OF ASHTRAYS 7-32-020C.
  No Smoking Regulations • NO 'NO SMOKING' SIGNS, NOR THE INTERNATIONAL 'NO SMOKING' SYMBOL, POSTED ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. CHICAGO CLEAN INDOOR AIR ORDINANCE: POSTING OF SIGN: 7-32-020A. • MANAGER AND I OBSERVED DIRTY ASHTRAY AT END OF THE BAR BY THE CLEAN GLASSES. ALL ASHTRAYS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM ANY AREA WHERE SMOKING IS PROHIBITED. ASHTRAY REMOVED BY THE MANAGER. CHICAGO CLEAN INDOOR AIR ORDINANCE: REMOVAL OF ASHTRAYS 7-32-020C.

When was The Clipper last inspected?

The Clipper has 1 inspection on record going back to February 2, 2016.

The Clipper 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 32% 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 February 2, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.