The Shrimp Shack

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 26, 2017
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is The Shrimp Shack clean?

The Shrimp Shack is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 26, 2017. 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 Shrimp Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • THE FOLLOWING FOODS FOUND HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN TH HOT HOLDING UNIT. APPROXIMATELY 2 LBS FRIED CORN BREAD AT 135.3F. ALL DISCARDED. MANAGEMENT STATES ESTIMATED VALUE AT $8.00. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD ALL HOT FOODS AT 140F OR ABOVE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • NO SUMMARY REPORT POSTED IN THE PREMISES FROM 3-28-17. GIVEN TODAYS SUMMARY REPORT AND POSTED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010(B).
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • NO SUMMARY REPORT POSTED IN THE PREMISES FROM 3-28-17. GIVEN TODAYS SUMMARY REPORT AND POSTED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010(B).
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES ON SITE PREPARING FOODS AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES ON SITE PREPARING FOODS AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE.

When was The Shrimp Shack last inspected?

The Shrimp Shack has 3 inspections on record going back to March 7, 2017.

The Shrimp Shack vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, 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 August 26, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.