Zero Degrees Restaurant And Lounge

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 16, 2024
• address453 W 24Th St, Chicago 60616

Is Zero Degrees Restaurant And Lounge clean?

Zero Degrees Restaurant And Lounge is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 16, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Zero Degrees Restaurant And Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 5-202.12 (B-D): OBSERVED THE COLD-WATER KNOB ON THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA NOT ABLE TO OPERATE COLD WATER. COLD WATER IS OPERATED AT THE WATER VALVE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15: OBSERVED THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR NOT RODENT PROOF AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12: OBSERVED TWO SINK STOPPERS MISSING FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12: OBSERVED TWO SINK STOPPERS MISSING FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(B): OBSERVED THE GRILL WITH FOOD BUILD UP AND NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17: OBSERVED NO LIDS FOR THE GARBAGES IN THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17: OBSERVED NO LIDS FOR THE GARBAGES IN THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.13: OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING, ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE. ALSO, BEHIND THE FRONT BAR AREA, UNDER THE EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • 6-201.11: OBSERVED THE WALL BASES IN NEED OF CLEANING NEXT TO THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11: OBSERVED ONE BLOWN OUT LIGHT BULB UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11: OBSERVED ONE BLOWN OUT LIGHT BULB UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Zero Degrees Restaurant And Lounge last inspected?

Zero Degrees Restaurant And Lounge has 20 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Zero Degrees Restaurant And Lounge vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.