The Cotton Duck

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 9, 2016
• address941 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60622

Is The Cotton Duck clean?

The Cotton Duck is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 9, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Cotton Duck?

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

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO VALID CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE OR ENROLL TO SANITATION CLASS. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-012(A)
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • GREASE AT INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENT INCLUDED DEEP FRYER,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • GREASE AND GRIMES ON FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENTS,ALONG BASEBOARD WALLS AND CORNER.NEED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • GREASE AND GRIMES ON FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENTS,ALONG BASEBOARD WALLS AND CORNER.NEED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • GREASE AND DEBRIS ON WALLS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN STORAGE AND DISH ROOM INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN BROKEN WALL AT MOP SINK AT WEST SIDE INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • GREASE AND DEBRIS ON WALLS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN STORAGE AND DISH ROOM INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN BROKEN WALL AT MOP SINK AT WEST SIDE INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • ADDITIONAL COLD WATER FLOW IS NEEDED AT EXPOSED HAND SINK BY THE UNUSED SMOKER UNIT

When was The Cotton Duck last inspected?

The Cotton Duck has 5 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2015.

The Cotton Duck 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 21% of them.

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• ✓ Local Foods
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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 September 9, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.