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Tri-Star Catering
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 24, 2020
- address215 N Clinton St, Chicago 60661
Is Tri-Star Catering clean?
Tri-Star Catering is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 24, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Tri-Star Catering?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 24, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURE AND CLEAN UP KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE AND PROTECT FOOD ITEMS FROM CONTAMINATION WHILE STORED BY ELEVATING AT LEAST 6 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE AND PROTECT FOOD ITEMS FROM CONTAMINATION WHILE STORED BY ELEVATING AT LEAST 6 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.
- ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58 (OBSERVED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL MANAGERS WITH A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING) NOT CORRECTED WITHIN 90 DAY TIME FRAME ON THE INSPECTION REPORT #2313075 DATED FOR 09/27/19. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT THE VIOLATION SHALL NOW BE CLASSIFIED AS A PRIORITY FOUNDATION ITEM DUE TO NON-PREVIOUS NONCOMPLIANCE. CITATION ISSUEDPrevious Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58 (OBSERVED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL MANAGERS WITH A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING) NOT CORRECTED WITHIN 90 DAY TIME FRAME ON THE INSPECTION REPORT #2313075 DATED FOR 09/27/19. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT THE VIOLATION SHALL NOW BE CLASSIFIED AS A PRIORITY FOUNDATION ITEM DUE TO NON-PREVIOUS NONCOMPLIANCE. CITATION ISSUED
When was Tri-Star Catering last inspected?
Tri-Star Catering has 10 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| November 24, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 27, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 18, 2019 | — | |
| March 7, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2017 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 23, 2016 | Pass |
Tri-Star Catering vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 November 24, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.