The Flower Flat

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 4, 2019
• address620 W Addison St, Chicago 60613

Is The Flower Flat clean?

The Flower Flat is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 4, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at The Flower Flat?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 4, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENT. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED TCS FOODS NOT PROPERLY DATE LABELED. MUST DATE LABEL ALL TCS FOODS WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE NO LONGER THAN 7 DAYS.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • NO CONSUMER ADVISORY POSTED TO THE PUBLIC WITH ALL UNDER COOKED FOODS SUCH AS EGGS DISCLOSED ON THE MENU. MUST PROVIDE A CONSUMER ADVISORY WITH ALL UNDER COOKED FOODS DISCLOSED ON THE MENU.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NO INTERNAL THERMOMETER LOCATED INSIDE THE THREE DOOR REACH-IN COOLER. MUST PROVIDE. • NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON THE PREMISES FOR MONITORING HOT AND COLD FOOD TEMPERATURES. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN WITH DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.----MUST NOT USE PAPER AS LINER FOR SHELVING IN THE KITCHEN. MUST MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE SURFACE. • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL THE OVENS AND MICROWAVE WITH EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • ALL FLOORS AND WALLS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN WITH DIRT, FOOD SPLATTER AND DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.----MUST NOT USE DUCT TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR FOR ANY OPENINGS IN KITCHEN WALLS.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN THE KITCHEN. MUST REPLACE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN THE KITCHEN. MUST REPLACE.

When was The Flower Flat last inspected?

The Flower Flat has 7 inspections on record going back to June 20, 2016.

The Flower Flat vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 4, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.