The Nuts Castle

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 10, 2021
• address3707 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60634
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is The Nuts Castle clean?

The Nuts Castle is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 10, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Nuts Castle?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 10, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O)--OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11--OBSERVED NO PROCEDURE/PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN REQUIRED PROCEDURE/PLAN AND APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES OR KIT. (NECESSARY ITEMS AT A MINIMUM: GLOVES, FACE MASKS, DISPOSABLE MOPS, AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER/SPRAY THAT IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS). PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11--OBSERVED SELF SERVICE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN CUSTOMER AREA NOT PROTECTED.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN DEVICE ON MENTIONED CONTAINERS SO THAT THE LIDS ON THE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS CLOSES AFTER EACH USE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11--OBSERVED SELF SERVICE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN CUSTOMER AREA NOT PROTECTED.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN DEVICE ON MENTIONED CONTAINERS SO THAT THE LIDS ON THE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS CLOSES AFTER EACH USE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12--BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED AT UTILITY MOP SINK.MUST INSTALL SO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.

When was The Nuts Castle last inspected?

The Nuts Castle has 3 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2021.

The Nuts Castle vs Dunning

Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 May 10, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.