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 no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on June 8, 2012, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on December 12, 2011. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

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
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

When was Whats Cooking Restaurant last inspected?

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

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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