Waffles

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 20, 2015
• address3611-3617 N Broadway, Chicago 60613

Is Waffles clean?

Waffles is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 20, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Waffles?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN- OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP INSIDE DISHWASH AREA EXPOSED HANDWASH BOWL AND LIME BUILD UP/FOOD DEBRIS ON EXTEIOR OF DISHMACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED STANDING WATER ON BASEMENT FLOOR AROUND WATER TANK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO KEEP BASEMENT FLOOR DRY/CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED STANDING WATER ON BASEMENT FLOOR AROUND WATER TANK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO KEEP BASEMENT FLOOR DRY/CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO STOPPERS (X3) AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • BASEMENT FLOOR CLUTTERED, ITEMS ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL ITEMS MUST BE ELEVATED 6" OFF FLOOR OR REMOVED, MUST BE ABLE TO CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT BASEMENT.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP OR PROPERLY INVERT SCOOP WITH HANDLE UPWARD.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP OR PROPERLY INVERT SCOOP WITH HANDLE UPWARD.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST BE CERTIFIED WITH CERTIFICATES OF NAMES OF EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST BE CERTIFIED WITH CERTIFICATES OF NAMES OF EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES.

When was Waffles last inspected?

Waffles has 10 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2012.

Waffles vs Lake View

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 36% 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 March 20, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.