The Study At University Of Chicago/Truth Be Told

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 1, 2025
• address1227 E 60Th St, Chicago 60637

Is The Study At University Of Chicago/Truth Be Told clean?

The Study At University Of Chicago/Truth Be Told is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Study At University Of Chicago/Truth Be Told?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED RESIDUE ON INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE IN FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ICE MACHINES.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE NOT PROPERLY COVERED IN BAR AND BULK CONTAINERS NOT COVERED IN FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY COVER ALL ITEMS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS OFF FLOOR TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE NOT PROPERLY COVERED IN BAR AND BULK CONTAINERS NOT COVERED IN FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY COVER ALL ITEMS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS OFF FLOOR TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP INSIDE WALK-IN FREEZER IN SECOND FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN WALK-IN FREEZER.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF SINKS, PREP TABLES, COOKING EQUIPMENT, SHELVING UNITS, HOLDING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKING DRAINPIPE UNDER 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN DISH WASHING AREA. INTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON FLOORS INSIDE FLOOR DRAINS, UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, WALK-IN FREEZER, PREP, BAR, AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was The Study At University Of Chicago/Truth Be Told last inspected?

The Study At University Of Chicago/Truth Be Told has 8 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2022.

The Study At University Of Chicago/Truth Be Told vs Woodlawn

Woodlawn runs 61% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 91 clean, 28 mid, 30 cooked.

Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in Woodlawn, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.