Ambassador Chicago Hotel And Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 25, 2021
• address1301-1309 N State Pkwy, Chicago 60610

Is Ambassador Chicago Hotel And Restaurant clean?

Ambassador Chicago Hotel And Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 25, 2021. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Ambassador Chicago Hotel And Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT CAFE BAR DUMP SINK. MUST REMOVE SIGNAGE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON "THE ROOM" BAR HANDWASHING SINK NEXT TO THE DIPPER WELL AND GLASS RINSER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SINK TO PROTECT EQUIPMENT FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON "THE ROOM" BAR HANDWASHING SINK NEXT TO THE DIPPER WELL AND GLASS RINSER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SINK TO PROTECT EQUIPMENT FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • FOUND NO IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR FOR HOT WATER SANITIZING DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE AND HAVE READILY ACCESSIBLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • FOUND NO IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR FOR HOT WATER SANITIZING DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE AND HAVE READILY ACCESSIBLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • BASE COVING MISSING IN THE 2ND FLOOR DISH ROOM AREA. MUST PROVIDE. • FOUND A HOLE IN THE WALL IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR. OBSERVED A LEAK COMING FROM THE CEILING IN THE LOWER LEVEL KITCHEN AREA. MUST REPAIR.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND THREE BURNED OUT LIGHT BULBS IN VENTILATION HOOD IN MAIN KITCHEN. MUST REPLACE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND THREE BURNED OUT LIGHT BULBS IN VENTILATION HOOD IN MAIN KITCHEN. MUST REPLACE.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM 10/21/2019 REPORT 2316173 NOT CORRECTED; #58 (2-102.13) NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR FOOD SERVICE MANAGER, INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM 10/21/2019 REPORT 2316173 NOT CORRECTED; #58 (2-102.13) NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR FOOD SERVICE MANAGER, INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090.

When was Ambassador Chicago Hotel And Restaurant last inspected?

Ambassador Chicago Hotel And Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2016.

Ambassador Chicago Hotel And Restaurant vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 25, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.