Cooked?
Ann Sather Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 24, 2025
- address909 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Ann Sather Restaurant clean?
Ann Sather Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Ann Sather Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY-TO-EAT, TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY (TCS) FOODS (COOKED APPLE SAUCE, COTTAGE CHEESE, SLICED TOMATO AND LETTUCE, TUNA, SAUSAGE GRAVY, CINNAMON ROLL FROSTING MADE WITH TCS FOOD EVAPORATED MILK) TO INDICATE THE PRODUCT'S NAME AND DATE IN WHICH THE FOOD MUST BE SOLD, DISCARDED OR CONSUMED WITHIN 7 DAYS OF PREPARATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR DATE MARKING AND DISCARD DATE FOR REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS HELD OVER 24HRS PLACED IN ALL COLD-HOLDING UNITS. PERSON IN CHARGE DISCARDED AND DENATURED APPROX. 25 LBS VALUED AT $100 PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • NOTED BULK DRY INGREDIENTS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AND BASEMENT PREP AREA STORED IN CONTAINERS WITHOUT LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LABELS OF COMMON NAME FOR ALL ITEMS REMOVED FROM ITS ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED ONIONS STORED DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH WASTE PIPE ON SHARED RACK WITH POTATOES IN BASEMENT. PERSON IN CHARGE MOVED ONIONS DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER PIPE ENCASEMENT OR REMOVE FOOD AND FOOD STORAGE SHELF FROM UNDERNEATH PIPE AND MAINTAIN.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED ONIONS STORED DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH WASTE PIPE ON SHARED RACK WITH POTATOES IN BASEMENT. PERSON IN CHARGE MOVED ONIONS DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER PIPE ENCASEMENT OR REMOVE FOOD AND FOOD STORAGE SHELF FROM UNDERNEATH PIPE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • NOTED BOWLS AT SERVERS LINE NEXT TO HAND WAS SINK STACKED RIGHT SIDE UP. OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON BOWLS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • NOTED BOWLS AT SERVERS LINE NEXT TO HAND WAS SINK STACKED RIGHT SIDE UP. OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON BOWLS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • NOTED ENCRUSTED GREASE ON COOKING EQUIPMENT AND IN THE UNDER COMPARTMENTS OF COOKING EQUIPMEN. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED ITEMS ON THE FLOOR IN STORAGE ROOM AT THE BASE OF THE STEPS TO BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS, ALL KEPT ITEMS SHOULD BE STORED ON A NON-POROUS, SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SHELF THAT IS A MINIMUM OF 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.
When was Ann Sather Restaurant last inspected?
Ann Sather Restaurant has 19 inspections on record going back to June 1, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 24, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 29, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 4, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 1, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2016 | Fail |
Ann Sather Restaurant vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 25% of them.
Other spots in Lake View
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 February 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.