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The Original Steak & Beef
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 25, 2011
- address1556 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60623
Is The Original Steak & Beef clean?
The Original Steak & Beef is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 25, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at The Original Steak & Beef?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 25, 2011. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was The Original Steak & Beef last inspected?
The Original Steak & Beef has 5 inspections on record going back to August 12, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 5, 2013 | closed by the city | |
| May 25, 2011 | Fail | |
| January 19, 2011 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2011 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2010 | Pass |
The Original Steak & Beef vs North Lawndale
North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 25, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.