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Wood Fire Counter
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2019
- address131 N Clinton St, Chicago 60661
Is Wood Fire Counter clean?
Wood Fire Counter is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 19, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Wood Fire Counter?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ONSITE DURING THE INSPECTION WHILE TCS FOODS; CHICKEN AND MAC-N-CHEESE, ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CERTIFIED MANAGER ONSITE AT ALL TIMES WHEN TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ONSITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE CITY'S HEALTH FORM OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTS USED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO CLEAN UP KIT OR PROCEDURES ON SITE FOR VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE KIT AND POST PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH COMMON FOOD NAMES, WHEN FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGING. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MUST REPAIR LEAKY HOT WATER KNOB ON 3-COMP SINK, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM FLOOR UNDER HEAVY EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES ARE REQUIRED FOR EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION LICENSES. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE THE ONLINE COURSE AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ONSITE.
When was Wood Fire Counter last inspected?
Wood Fire Counter has 6 inspections on record going back to December 23, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 7, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| March 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 13, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 23, 2016 | — |
Wood Fire Counter 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 9% 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 19, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.