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How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 4 of 6 graded inspections since 2020.
- Last inspected Dec 19, 2024: passed with 1 violation. That was a follow-up after failing on Dec 4, 2024. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
- Keeps coming up: Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used, cited 5 times, plus 13 other repeat issues.
Inspection history 6 visits
- 2024
- Passed Dec 19
Canvass Re-Inspection
1 violation
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Failed Dec 4
Canvass
12 violations
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
- All food employees have food handler training
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Personal cleanliness
- Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- Insects, rodents, and animals not present
- 2022
- Passed Jan 27
Complaint Re-Inspection
11 violations
- Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Food properly labeled; original container
- All food employees have food handler training
- Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
- Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Failed Jan 13
Complaint
10 violations
- Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Food properly labeled; original container
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
- All food employees have food handler training
- Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Seashell Restaurant, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.