Vegan Now

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedDecember 6, 2018
• address131 N Clinton St, Chicago 60661

Is Vegan Now clean?

Vegan Now is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 6, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Vegan Now?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 6, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-102.12- OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION WHILE TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND/OR SERVED, COOKED RICE, COOKED TOFU, ETC. INFORMED SITE THAT CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE WHENEVER TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND/OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14 (N)- OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO COMPLY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012(A). NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11- FOUND NO COMPLETE PROCEDURES ON SITE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIAREAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUE.
• ⚠️Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • 3-101.11- OBSERVED SEVERAL FRIED VEGAN BREADED DRUMSTICKS SERVED/PRESENT AT HOT LINE WITH A PORTION OF THE SKEWER/STICK INSIDE PRODUCT. INFORMED MANAGER THAT FOOD MUST BE HONESTLY PRESENTED SO THAT IT DOES NOT MISLEAD /MISINFORM THE CUSTOMER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE SKEWER/STICK AFTER PREP/FRYING PROCESS, TO USE LONGER SKEWER/STICK OR PROVIDE LABEL INFORMING CUSTOMER OF SKEWER/STICK SO THAT CUSTOMER IS AWARE OF THE SKEWER/STICK IN SIDE SAID PRODUCT. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION # 7-40-050(A) NO CITATION ISSUED.critical
  Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • 3-101.11- OBSERVED SEVERAL FRIED VEGAN BREADED DRUMSTICKS SERVED/PRESENT AT HOT LINE WITH A PORTION OF THE SKEWER/STICK INSIDE PRODUCT. INFORMED MANAGER THAT FOOD MUST BE HONESTLY PRESENTED SO THAT IT DOES NOT MISLEAD /MISINFORM THE CUSTOMER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE SKEWER/STICK AFTER PREP/FRYING PROCESS, TO USE LONGER SKEWER/STICK OR PROVIDE LABEL INFORMING CUSTOMER OF SKEWER/STICK SO THAT CUSTOMER IS AWARE OF THE SKEWER/STICK IN SIDE SAID PRODUCT. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION # 7-40-050(A) NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11- OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT ON AT FRONT HOT LINE AREA. INFORMED SITE THAT FOOD HANDLERS MUST HAVE HAIR RESTRAINT IN FOOD PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAIR NETS/RESTRAINTS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11- OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT ON AT FRONT HOT LINE AREA. INFORMED SITE THAT FOOD HANDLERS MUST HAVE HAIR RESTRAINT IN FOOD PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAIR NETS/RESTRAINTS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-904.11- OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE PLASTIC KNIVES, ETC. STORED AT SELF SERVICE CONDIMENT STATION WITHOUT COVER, WRAP OR DISPENSER. INFORMED MANAGER THAT SINGLE SERVICE FLATWARE, ETC. MUST BE STORED AT SELF SERVICE STATION, IN APPROVED DISPENSER OR PRE PACKAGED, TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-904.11- OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE PLASTIC KNIVES, ETC. STORED AT SELF SERVICE CONDIMENT STATION WITHOUT COVER, WRAP OR DISPENSER. INFORMED MANAGER THAT SINGLE SERVICE FLATWARE, ETC. MUST BE STORED AT SELF SERVICE STATION, IN APPROVED DISPENSER OR PRE PACKAGED, TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Vegan Now last inspected?

Vegan Now has 5 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2016.

Vegan Now vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 December 6, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.