Apollo Theatre

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 14, 2018
• address2540 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614
• cuisineLiquor

Is Apollo Theatre clean?

Apollo Theatre is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 14, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Apollo Theatre?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 14, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NEED TO INSTALL AN EXPOSED HAND SINK BEHIND THE SMALL BAR INSIDE THE THEATER ROOM AT LOWER LEVEL. OPEN DRINKS AND MIX DRINKS WILL BE SERVED FROM MENTIONED BAR. SINK MUST BE INSTALL UNDER THE CITY PLUMBING CODE,PROVIDE SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • : NO THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOR A COMMERCIAL DISH MACHINE ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ONE OR THE OTHER TO BE ABLE TO WASH,RINSE AND SANITIZE: CUTTING BOARDS,KNIVES SERVING MILK CONTAINERS,ETC.THREE COMPARTMENT SINK MUST BE INSTALLED UNDER CITY PLUMBING CODE,AND DISH MACHINE MUST BE COMMERCIAL UNIT. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-030
  Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • : NO THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOR A COMMERCIAL DISH MACHINE ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ONE OR THE OTHER TO BE ABLE TO WASH,RINSE AND SANITIZE: CUTTING BOARDS,KNIVES SERVING MILK CONTAINERS,ETC.THREE COMPARTMENT SINK MUST BE INSTALLED UNDER CITY PLUMBING CODE,AND DISH MACHINE MUST BE COMMERCIAL UNIT. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-030

When was Apollo Theatre last inspected?

Apollo Theatre has 2 inspections on record going back to October 31, 2017.

Apollo Theatre vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 47% 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 March 14, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.