The Fish Keg

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 13, 2025
• address2233 W Howard St, Chicago 60645
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is The Fish Keg clean?

The Fish Keg is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Fish Keg?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE UPPER PORTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD BUILD UP ON WALK IN FREEZER FLOOR UNDER SHELVES. MUST CLEAN WALK IN FREEZER FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED FOOD/DUST BUILD UP ON VENTILATION HOOD/FILTERS. MUST CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD/FILTERS AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED FOOD/DUST BUILD UP ON VENTILATION HOOD/FILTERS. MUST CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD/FILTERS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANDLER WITH AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST UPDATE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANDLER WITH AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST UPDATE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES.

When was The Fish Keg last inspected?

The Fish Keg has 19 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Fish Keg vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.

Other spots in Rogers Park

• ? Supermercado Amigo Inc
  cooked · December 16, 2014
• ? Campeche Restaurant, Inc
  cooked · January 28, 2013
• ✓! Great Wall Chinese Restaurant
  mid · February 28, 2012
• ✓ Howard Food
  clean · March 3, 2016
• ? Las Nuevas Margaritas
  cooked · July 18, 2013
• ✓ Rogers Park Fruit Market
  clean · August 24, 2023

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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 May 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.