The Southern

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 20, 2012
• address1840-1842 W North Ave, Chicago 60622
• cuisineMobile Food Dispenser

Is The Southern clean?

The Southern is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 20, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at The Southern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • MUST PROVIDE,MAINTAIN ADEQUATE HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER,PRESSURE AT EXPOSED HANDSINK INSIDE THE MFD TRUCK AND MUST PROVIDE,MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION THAT A FOOD GRADE HOSE AND A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE IS INSTALLED TO SUPPLY FRESH WATER TO THE MFD TRUCK.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Sewage And Waste Water Disposal, No Back Siphonage, Cross Connection And/Or Back Flow • MUST PROVIDE,MAINTAIN A PROPER SPIGOT CONNECTION SUCH THAT THE WASTE WATER HOSE IS CONNECTED TO DISPENSE WASTE WATER PROPERLY INTO THE MOP SINK LOCATED INSIDE THE RESTAURANT APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FRONT COUNTER SERVICE AREAS MUST BE PROTECTED AGAINST PUBLIC CONTAMINATION AND PROVIDE SCREEN PROTECTORS FOR PEST CONTROL ALSO A BARRIER IS NEEDED TO SEPARATE DRIVER AREA AND THE DISPENSING AREAS.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • MUST PROVIDE,MAINTAIN A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON THE MFD TRUCK.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST SEAL ALL RAW WOODEN SURFACES THROUGHOUT INSIDE THE MFD TRUCK.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST SEAL ALL RAW WOODEN SURFACES THROUGHOUT INSIDE THE MFD TRUCK.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE,MAINTAIN THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE HOT HOLDING UNITS TO MONITOR FOOD TEMPERATURES.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE,MAINTAIN THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE HOT HOLDING UNITS TO MONITOR FOOD TEMPERATURES.

When was The Southern last inspected?

The Southern has 2 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2011.

The Southern vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.

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• ✓! Output Bar And Grill
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• ✓ Output Bar And Grill
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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 November 20, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.