Cooked?
The Spanish Square
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 12, 2018
- address1354-1358 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60657
Is The Spanish Square clean?
The Spanish Square is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 12, 2018. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at The Spanish Square?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 12, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY.MUST STORE INVERTED.Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY.MUST STORE INVERTED.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND NO RINSE/PREPARATION SINK AT BAR. MUST INSTALL ADDITIONAL EXPOSED RINSE/PREPARATION SINK AT BAR AREAS(WITH SPLASH GUARDS).
When was The Spanish Square last inspected?
The Spanish Square has 7 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| April 12, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2018 | — | |
| July 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 3, 2015 | Pass |
The Spanish Square vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 April 12, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.