Cooked?
The Steak Escape
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 28, 2015
- address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652
Is The Steak Escape clean?
The Steak Escape is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 28, 2015. 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 Steak Escape?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. GIVEN COPY OF IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER INFO.Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. GIVEN COPY OF IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER INFO.
When was The Steak Escape last inspected?
The Steak Escape has 9 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| July 28, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2014 | Fail | |
| May 1, 2013 | Pass | |
| March 13, 2012 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2011 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2010 | Pass |
The Steak Escape vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in West Lawn
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 July 28, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.