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Tradition
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 28, 2024
- address160 N Franklin St, Chicago 60606
Is Tradition clean?
Tradition is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 28, 2024. 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 Tradition?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 28, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food manager on dutycriticalPerson In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( chicken , beef...) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • Low Temp dish washing machine not sanitizing at final rinse, 0ppm obtained on CL test strips, instructed to provide proper sanitizer concentration levels at final rinse. Priority violation 7-38-025.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • Food handler with long beard not wearing beard restraints. Instructed to wear.Personal Cleanliness • Food handler with long beard not wearing beard restraints. Instructed to wear.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Broken floor tiles noted at dish washing area, instructed to replace.
When was Tradition last inspected?
Tradition has 23 inspections on record going back to June 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| March 28, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 11, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 19, 2022 | — | |
| January 22, 2021 | — | |
| October 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 2, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 30, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 9, 2015 | Pass |
Tradition vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 March 28, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.