Shark's Fish & Chicken

100 E 79th St, Chicago, IL 60619

Passed · Aug 22, 2025 Directions
84
Good BiteKarma score 84 out of 100
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 12 of 15 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Aug 22, 2025: passed with 7 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 11 times, plus 11 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 15 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Aug 22

    Canvass

    7 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
  3. 2024
  4. Passed May 30

    Complaint

    6 violations
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Allergen training as required
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  5. 2023
  6. Passed May 1

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    3 violations
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Approved thawing methods used
  7. Failed Apr 21

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    5 violations
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Approved thawing methods used
    • Previous core violation corrected
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean

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BiteKarma scores around Shark's Fish & Chicken, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.

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