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Whale Fish & Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 18, 2021
- address1828 W 79Th St, Chicago 60620
Is Whale Fish & Chicken clean?
Whale Fish & Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 18, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Whale Fish & Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 18, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKING FAUCET ON 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED OPENING IN WALLS BETWEEN OFFICE AND WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON CEILING VENTS AND VENTILATION FAN IN WASHROOM, DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS, FOOD SPILLS ON WALLS IN PREP, STORAGE, AND OFFICE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR CERTIFIED MANAGER. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.
When was Whale Fish & Chicken last inspected?
Whale Fish & Chicken has 12 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| October 18, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 30, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 20, 2020 | Fail | |
| March 4, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 20, 2020 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2016 | Pass |
Whale Fish & Chicken vs Auburn Gresham
Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.
Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 October 18, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.