Turtles

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 25, 2025 →
• address238 W 33Rd St, Chicago 60616

Is Turtles clean?

Turtles is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Turtles?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Turtles last inspected?

Turtles has 17 inspections on record going back to June 26, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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 18% of them.

Other spots in Armour Square

• ✓ Turtles
  clean · June 26, 2014
• ✓ Turtles
  clean · June 26, 2014
• ✓ Husky Hog Bbq
  cooked · May 14, 2015
• ✓ Ahjoomah's Apron
  clean · November 4, 2014
• ✓ Dolo Garden Restaurant & Bar
  clean · August 13, 2026
• ✓ Dolo Garden Restaurant & Bar
  clean · September 4, 2014

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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 August 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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