Turtles

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 23, 2015 →
• address238 W 33Rd St, Chicago 60616

Is Turtles clean?

Turtles is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 23, 2015. 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 Turtles?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored

When was Turtles last inspected?

Turtles has 6 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2010.

Turtles vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 82% clean across 375 tracked restaurants — 307 clean, 58 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 375 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

Other spots in Armour Square

• ✓ Turtles
  clean · July 30, 2010
• ✓ T Tasty House
  cooked · June 29, 2011
• ✓ Balanced Supply Inc.
  clean · March 30, 2010
• ✓ Chinese Royal Kitchen
  cooked · October 18, 2010
• ✓! New Happy Chef
  cooked · August 23, 2011
• ✓! Minghin Cuisine
  cooked · January 24, 2012

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 23, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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