Amber Agave

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 2, 2025
• address1310 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Amber Agave clean?

Amber Agave is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Amber Agave?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • PIC DOESN'T HAVE A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS CERTIFICATE MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012)(COS)
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED,HANDLED AND SERVED,PASTRIES,COFFEE,MUSHROOMS,SLAW,ETC,MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE AT 10:57 A.M.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012)(CITATION ISSUED)(COS)
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed • OBSERVED POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES BY FEMALE FOOD HANDLER PUT ON A HAIRNET AND THEN HANDLED UTENSIL.ALSO HAD ON PLASTIC GLOVES AND PLACED UTENSILS INSIDE OF SANITIZER AT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK AND PLACED IN DISH RACK CHANGED GLOVES AND AGAIN WAS ON CELL PHONE AND HANDLED FOOD AND UTENSIL WITHOUT WASHING HANDS AFTER EVERY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.(PRIORITY 7-38-010)(COS)(CITATION ISSUED)
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION DURING STORAGE OBSERVED AN ACTIVE LEAK OF DIRTY LOOKING WATER DRIPPING AND SPLASHING FROM CEILINGS IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA WITH A POT AND A PLASTIC BUCKET ON UPPER STORAGE SHELF ABOVE PACKAGED FOOD ITEMS AND BOXED FOOD ITEMS STORED BELOW AND A PLASTIC RED BUCKET IN MIDDLE OF FLOOR IN SAME AREA TO CATCH WATER.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOOD ITEMS FROM SHELVING UNITS AND STORE IN A PROPER MANNER.REPAIR LEAK AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005)(CITATION ISSUED)
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION DURING STORAGE OBSERVED AN ACTIVE LEAK OF DIRTY LOOKING WATER DRIPPING AND SPLASHING FROM CEILINGS IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA WITH A POT AND A PLASTIC BUCKET ON UPPER STORAGE SHELF ABOVE PACKAGED FOOD ITEMS AND BOXED FOOD ITEMS STORED BELOW AND A PLASTIC RED BUCKET IN MIDDLE OF FLOOR IN SAME AREA TO CATCH WATER.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOOD ITEMS FROM SHELVING UNITS AND STORE IN A PROPER MANNER.REPAIR LEAK AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005)(CITATION ISSUED)
• ⚠️Gloves Used Properly • IMPROPER USAGE OF PLASTIC GLOVES BY FOOD HANDLER.
  Gloves Used Properly • IMPROPER USAGE OF PLASTIC GLOVES BY FOOD HANDLER.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP ON INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE,PREP TABLES.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING & FLOOR TILES IN MOPSINK CLOSET,DAMAGED CEILING TILE IN REAR PREP AREA IN FRONT OF OVEN. • MUST CLEAN GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND PREP TABLES AND FLOOR DRAIN AT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK. • MUST ELEVATE,REMOVE AND ORGANIZE ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #2619426 6/20/25 NOT CORRECTED- #44 4-903.11 (A; B; D): MUST INVERT MULTI-USE UTENSILS ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT. #49-4-601.11(C): MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM LEGS AND WHEEL BASES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COOLERS, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR OF FRYERS #55 6-201.11: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE FROM WALLS IN WALK-IN COOLER. #55 6-201.13 I: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED AND BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN REAR PREP AREA. #56 6-501.14: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FILTERS AT BOTH HOODS OF COOKING EQUIPMENT.#56- 6-202.11: MUST REPLACE BURNT-OUT LIGHTS AT HOOD OF COOKING EQUIPMENT. (PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090)(CITATION ISSUED)
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #2619426 6/20/25 NOT CORRECTED- #44 4-903.11 (A; B; D): MUST INVERT MULTI-USE UTENSILS ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT. #49-4-601.11(C): MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM LEGS AND WHEEL BASES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COOLERS, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR OF FRYERS #55 6-201.11: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE FROM WALLS IN WALK-IN COOLER. #55 6-201.13 I: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED AND BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN REAR PREP AREA. #56 6-501.14: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FILTERS AT BOTH HOODS OF COOKING EQUIPMENT.#56- 6-202.11: MUST REPLACE BURNT-OUT LIGHTS AT HOOD OF COOKING EQUIPMENT. (PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090)(CITATION ISSUED)

When was Amber Agave last inspected?

Amber Agave has 5 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2024.

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Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 October 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.