Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 13, 2025
• address6656 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60707

Is Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar clean?

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 10 DEAD FRUIT FLIES IN REAR PREP AREA NEAR DRINK STATION, WAREWASHING AREA, AND BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, DETAIL CLEAN, AND SANITIZE AREAS.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED SOILED TOWELS STORED OUTSIDE REAR EXIT DOOR IN BINS. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE AND COVER BINS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. • OBSERVED PLATES STORED IN BAR AREA NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT PLATES AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED SOILED TOWELS STORED OUTSIDE REAR EXIT DOOR IN BINS. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE AND COVER BINS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. • OBSERVED PLATES STORED IN BAR AREA NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT PLATES AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON COOKING EQUIPMENT, WALLS, SURROUNDING FLOORS AND SHELVING UNITS IN THE KITCHEN/PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO DEGREASE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP, FOOD DEBRIS, AND DIRT ON FLOOR DRAINS AND FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, DISH WASHING, AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS, FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN ALL AREAS. • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON FAN IN WALK-IN COOLER, LIGHT SHIELDS IN COOKING AREA AND CEILING AND WALL VENTS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FANS, LIGHT SHIELDS AND CEILING/WALL VENTS.

When was Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar last inspected?

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar has 22 inspections on record going back to September 19, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar vs Montclare

Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.

Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 39% of them.

Other spots in Montclare

• ✓ Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar
  clean · September 19, 2013
• ✓ Neveria Y Paleteria La Sol-Is Co.
  clean · May 14, 2014
• ✓! Family Dollar
  mid · April 3, 2020
• ✓ Easy Easy Fast Food
  clean · October 17, 2013
• ✓ 7 Eleven
  clean · January 23, 2014
• ✓ 7 Eleven
  clean · January 23, 2014

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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 February 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.