Urban Turban

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 2, 2026
• address2660 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614

Is Urban Turban clean?

Urban Turban is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 2, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Urban Turban?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLER NOTED WITHOUT A HAIR OR BEARD RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE.
  Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLER NOTED WITHOUT A HAIR OR BEARD RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • ALL PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • MUST USE FOOD SCOOPS WITH HANDLES INSIDE PREPARED FOODS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. NOT PLATES OR BOWLS FOR SCOOPING FOODS.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • MUST USE FOOD SCOOPS WITH HANDLES INSIDE PREPARED FOODS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. NOT PLATES OR BOWLS FOR SCOOPING FOODS.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • NOTED APPROXIMATELY 100 LBS ASSORTED PREPARED TCS FOODS SUCH AS COOKED CHICKEN, COOKED POTATOES, SAUCES, RICE ETC. THROUGHOUT THE WALK-IN COOLER WITH NO LABELS. NOT DATE LABELED WITH ANY EXPIRATION DATES ON ANY FOOD. REVIEWED DATE LABELING REQUIREMENTS. ALL FOODS DISCARDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • PERSON IN CHARGE DOES NOT HAVE A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON THE PREMISES OR SUCH A PERSON ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🍽️food left unprotected
  Food Separated And Protected • OBSERVED 8 DOZEN RAW EGGS STORED INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER ON THE TOP SHELVING DIRECTLY ABOVE UNCOVERED PREPARED READY TO EAT FOODS COOKED VEGETABLES. REVIEWED PROPER FOOD SAFETY AND STORAGE OF RAW ANIMAL ORIGIN FOODS. EGGS REMOVED, FOOD DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK FOODS NOT STORED IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST PROVIDE A COVER/LID FOR THE BUCKET OF SOILED LINENS. • STORED CLEAN POTS PANS MUST BE INVERTED.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST PROVIDE A COVER/LID FOR THE BUCKET OF SOILED LINENS. • STORED CLEAN POTS PANS MUST BE INVERTED.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES IN ALL STORAGE ROOMS AND CLOSETS MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.----BOTTOM METAL SHELVING OF THE COOKS LINE METAL PREP TABLE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES IN ALL STORAGE ROOMS AND CLOSETS MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.----BOTTOM METAL SHELVING OF THE COOKS LINE METAL PREP TABLE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • EXTREMELY DIRTY UTILITY MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. • 4-601.11(B)- EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE METAL RACK SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REMOVE RUST OR REPLACE.
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • NOTED NO HOT WATER IN BOTH THE CUSTOMERS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S WASHROOMS. MENS WATER TEMPERATURE AT 61.5F AND WOMENS WASHROOM HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT 57.7F. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE HOT WATER IN BOTH WASHROOMS WITH A MINIMUM OF 100F. NOTED EMPLOYEE KITCHEN WASHROOM DOES HAVE ADEQUATE HOT WATER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
  Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • NOTED NO HOT WATER IN BOTH THE CUSTOMERS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S WASHROOMS. MENS WATER TEMPERATURE AT 61.5F AND WOMENS WASHROOM HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT 57.7F. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE HOT WATER IN BOTH WASHROOMS WITH A MINIMUM OF 100F. NOTED EMPLOYEE KITCHEN WASHROOM DOES HAVE ADEQUATE HOT WATER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • EXTREMELY LOW HOT WATER PRESSURE ON THE RIGHT SIDE FAUCET OF THE DISH AREA THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND USE THE ADDITIONAL KITCHEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK WITH ADEQUATE HOT WATER PRESSURE TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL DISHWARE.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115-- MUST REMOVE ALL UNUSED FURNITURE AND NON-FOOD DEBRIS FROM THE GROUNDS SURROUNDING THE OUTSIDE WASTE RECEPTACLES AND MAINTAIN.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115-- MUST REMOVE ALL UNUSED FURNITURE AND NON-FOOD DEBRIS FROM THE GROUNDS SURROUNDING THE OUTSIDE WASTE RECEPTACLES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • : 6-501.114--- ALL UNUSED CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT IE: COOLERS, ICE MACHINE MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES. ALL OTHER NEEDED ITEMS MUST BE STORED ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS. • MISSING WALL TILES IN THE MENS WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.----EXCESSIVE GREASE ON FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND THE DEEP FRYERS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • NOTED SOILED MOP HEADS IMPROPERLY STORED. MUST STORE INVERTED IN THE UTILITY MOP SINK WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Urban Turban last inspected?

Urban Turban has 3 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2026.

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Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 April 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.