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 • INADEQUATE HANDS WASHING FACILITIES. NO SOAP NOR PAPER TOWELS PROVIDED AT KITCHEN HAND SINK, INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CERTIFIED FOOD AND SANITATION MGR ON SITE NO CERTIFICATE POSTED WHILE COOKING AND SERVING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-012
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP 6" OFF THE FLOOR.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP 6" OFF THE FLOOR.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • DISPOABLE FOOD CONTAINERS STORED EXPOSED IN BASEMETNT, INSTRUCTED TO INVERT OR KEEP COVERED.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • DISPOABLE FOOD CONTAINERS STORED EXPOSED IN BASEMETNT, INSTRUCTED TO INVERT OR KEEP COVERED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • KITCHEN CEILING IN POOR REPAIR, UNFINISHED, MISSING CEILING TILES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • KITCHEN CEILING IN POOR REPAIR, UNFINISHED, MISSING CEILING TILES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • DRAIN LINES FOR SODA GUNS NOT DRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP STORED ON ICE CUBES AT BAR, INSTRUCTED TO STORE OFF CUBES.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP STORED ON ICE CUBES AT BAR, INSTRUCTED TO STORE OFF CUBES.

When was Turtles last inspected?

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

Turtles vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 46% 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
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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 June 23, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.