Whats Cooking Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 12, 2011
• address6181 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Whats Cooking Restaurant clean?

Whats Cooking Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 12, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Whats Cooking Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 12, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • FOUND NO PREVIOUS SUMMARY REPORT FROM REPORT #580469 DATED 4/20/11, POSTED ON SITE. NO PREVIOUS REPORT AVAILABLE ALSO.INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT SUMMARY REPORT MUST BE POSTED AND VISIBLE TO THE CUSTOMER. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS.
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • FOUND NO PREVIOUS SUMMARY REPORT FROM REPORT #580469 DATED 4/20/11, POSTED ON SITE. NO PREVIOUS REPORT AVAILABLE ALSO.INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT SUMMARY REPORT MUST BE POSTED AND VISIBLE TO THE CUSTOMER. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE LID/COVER FOR ALL GARBAGE CONTAINERS IN THE PREP AREA/KITCHEN AND SERVING AREA. RUSTED WIRE RACKS SHELVINGS (FOR DRY FOOD STORAGE)IN THE BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE RUST AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE LID/COVER FOR ALL GARBAGE CONTAINERS IN THE PREP AREA/KITCHEN AND SERVING AREA. RUSTED WIRE RACKS SHELVINGS (FOR DRY FOOD STORAGE)IN THE BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE RUST AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN THE FOLLOWING AND SANITIZE: BOTTOM SHELVE OF ALL PREP TABLES; LID AND EXTERIOR OF ALL THE GARBAGE CONTAINERS IN THE PREP, KITCHEN AND SERVING AREA; CART FOR RECEIVING THE MEAT; THE INTERIOR PLASTIC COVER OF THE SMALL ICE MACHINE; THE TOP OF THE PALLETS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER; AND ALL THE WIRE RACKS SHELVINGS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER WITH FOOD DEBRIS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL THE WALLS BEHIND THE DISH MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.ALSO THE FAN GUARD OF THE REACH IN TALL COOLER NEEDS CLEANING.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL THE WALLS BEHIND THE DISH MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.ALSO THE FAN GUARD OF THE REACH IN TALL COOLER NEEDS CLEANING.

When was Whats Cooking Restaurant last inspected?

Whats Cooking Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2010.

Whats Cooking Restaurant vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 12, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.