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80 Proof
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 30, 2023
- address1500 N Wells St, Chicago 60610
Is 80 Proof clean?
80 Proof is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 30, 2023. 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 80 Proof?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 30, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • HAND SINK METERED FAUCET DOES NOT PROVIDE WATER FOR 15 SECONDS IN THE EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. PROVIDE AT LEAST 15 SECONDS WITHOUT THE NEED TO REACTIVE FAUCET.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOXES OF DRINKS STORED ON THE GROUND IN THE LIQUOR WALK-IN COOLER. FACILITY MUST ELEVATE ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOXES OF DRINKS STORED ON THE GROUND IN THE LIQUOR WALK-IN COOLER. FACILITY MUST ELEVATE ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • UTENSILS STORED NEAR DISH AREA HAS FOOD CONTACT SURFCACES FACING UPWARD. FACILITY MUST INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • UTENSILS STORED NEAR DISH AREA HAS FOOD CONTACT SURFCACES FACING UPWARD. FACILITY MUST INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE RESTROOM AND WOMENS RESTROOM ON 1ST FLOOR LACKS A COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE IN RESTROOM.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE RESTROOM AND WOMENS RESTROOM ON 1ST FLOOR LACKS A COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE IN RESTROOM.
When was 80 Proof last inspected?
80 Proof has 17 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 28, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| August 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2023 | — | |
| May 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2022 | — | |
| April 17, 2020 | — | |
| May 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 15, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2017 | — | |
| March 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2017 | — |
80 Proof vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 August 30, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.