The Scout

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 3, 2020
• address1301 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60605

Is The Scout clean?

The Scout is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 3, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Scout?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • 3-203.12 FOUND LAST 90 DAY SHELL STOCK TAGS WITHOUT LAST SERVED OR SOLD DATE. MUST PROVIDE THE DATE WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED SAID DATE SHALL BE RECORDED ON THE TAG OR LABEL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.critical
  Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • 3-203.12 FOUND LAST 90 DAY SHELL STOCK TAGS WITHOUT LAST SERVED OR SOLD DATE. MUST PROVIDE THE DATE WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED SAID DATE SHALL BE RECORDED ON THE TAG OR LABEL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • 3-603.11 OBSERVED SALMON AND HAMBURGERS ON MENU SAID ITEMS CAN BE ORDERED UNDER COOKED. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE FOOTNOTE, DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER FOR MENU ITEMS THAT CAN BE ORDERED UNDER COOKED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.

When was The Scout last inspected?

The Scout has 17 inspections on record going back to July 21, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Scout vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

Other spots in Near South Side

• ✓ The Scout
  clean · July 21, 2011
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• ✓ Twenty Two Thirty Nine
  clean · November 10, 2011
• ✓! Pita Heaven
  mid · May 21, 2015
• ✓ Flavor 180
  clean · July 7, 2011
• ✓ Flavor 180
  clean · July 15, 2011

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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 3, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.