The Northside Stretch

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 13, 2025
• address3485 N Clark St, Chicago 60657

Is The Northside Stretch clean?

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

What did inspectors find at The Northside Stretch?

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

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED THE SCOOPS IN THE FRONT BAR AREA ICE BIN TO BE SROED WITH HANDLES IN CONTACT WITH ICE WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL SCOOPS TO ALLOW FOR HANDLES TO NOT BE IN CONTACT WITH ICE IN BETWEEN USE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED THE SCOOPS IN THE FRONT BAR AREA ICE BIN TO BE SROED WITH HANDLES IN CONTACT WITH ICE WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL SCOOPS TO ALLOW FOR HANDLES TO NOT BE IN CONTACT WITH ICE IN BETWEEN USE.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED VARIOUS ITEMS (BOXES, COOKING EQUIPMENT) STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE CORNER OF THE BASEMENT NEAR THE STANDING COOLERS AND FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED VARIOUS ITEMS (BOXES, COOKING EQUIPMENT) STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE CORNER OF THE BASEMENT NEAR THE STANDING COOLERS AND FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE TWO DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN THE KITCHEN PREP AREA TO BE HEAVILY TORN AND DISLODGED ON BOTH DOORS, CAUSING THE DOOR TO BE PROPPED OPEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE/REPAIR TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE SEALING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MOPS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE CORNER NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE BASEMENT ENTRANCE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HANG MOPS TO ALLOW FOR DRYING IN BETWEEN USE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL EMPLOYEES COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, AND ALL NEW EMPLOYEES COMPLETE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL EMPLOYEES COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, AND ALL NEW EMPLOYEES COMPLETE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING.

When was The Northside Stretch last inspected?

The Northside Stretch has 18 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Northside Stretch 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 36% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓! El Burrito Mexico
  mid · January 28, 2011
• ? Mobil Food Mart
  cooked · December 17, 2014
• ✓ Mfk
  clean · September 4, 2025
• ? White Hen Pantry
  cooked · December 17, 2013
• ✓ Mullens On Clark
  clean · October 8, 2015
• ✓ Brookdale Lake View
  clean · October 31, 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 June 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.