Cooked?
Two
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 23, 2019
- address1132-1138 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60642
Is Two clean?
Two is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 23, 2019. 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 Two?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PLATES POTS AND BOWLS STORED IMPROPERLY UNDER THE PREP TABLE IN THE KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED THAT EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE STORED INVERTED TO ENSURE PROPER AIR DRYING.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PLATES POTS AND BOWLS STORED IMPROPERLY UNDER THE PREP TABLE IN THE KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED THAT EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE STORED INVERTED TO ENSURE PROPER AIR DRYING.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DUST AND DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AREA, IN BETWEEN THE COOLING EQUIPMENT AND COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Two last inspected?
Two has 13 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 7, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| August 23, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2019 | — | |
| December 11, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 18, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2015 | — | |
| May 21, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2014 | — | |
| October 18, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2012 | Pass |
Two vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in Near West Side
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 August 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.