Backdrafts

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 17, 2014
• address8533-8535 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60652
• cuisineTavern

Is Backdrafts clean?

Backdrafts is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 17, 2014. 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 Backdrafts?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • FOUND NO EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN THE BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ONE WITH HOT/COLD WATER AND SOAP/SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICES PER CITY CODE.
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • FOUND NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN SERVICE FROM A LICENSED COMPANY WHO MUST PROVIDE AN ACCURATE PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOUND THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE AND CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE. FOUND THE INTERIOR OF THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE INTERIOR AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTER TOPS. MUST CLEAN FAN COVERS AROUND BAR.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOORS THROUGH OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS IN ALL CORNERS, AROUND THE HOT WATER TANK, COOLERS AND ICE MACHINE. • FOUND FLOORS WITH HOLES IN THEM UNDER THE WALL LEDGES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BAR. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL/COVER HOLES. • MUST PROVIDE A COVER FOR THE FLOOR DRAIN BY THE MEN'S TOILET ROOM.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOORS THROUGH OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS IN ALL CORNERS, AROUND THE HOT WATER TANK, COOLERS AND ICE MACHINE. • FOUND FLOORS WITH HOLES IN THEM UNDER THE WALL LEDGES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BAR. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL/COVER HOLES. • MUST PROVIDE A COVER FOR THE FLOOR DRAIN BY THE MEN'S TOILET ROOM.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SEAL THE OPENING AROUND THE REAR DOOR FRAME AND ON THE LOWER WALL TO THE RIGHT OF THE MEN'S TOILET ROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SEAL THE OPENING AROUND THE REAR DOOR FRAME AND ON THE LOWER WALL TO THE RIGHT OF THE MEN'S TOILET ROOM.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • FOUND BOTH TOILET ROOM DOORS NOT SELF CLOSING, INSTRUCTED TO MAKE DOORS SELF CLOSING.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE HOT WATER KNOB TO THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BAR AND MUST FIX SLOW DRAINING SINK AND LEAK AT THE ELBOW OF THE FAUCET ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BAR. • FOUND NO STOPPERS FOR THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE STOPPERS.

When was Backdrafts last inspected?

Backdrafts has 1 inspection on record going back to April 17, 2014.

Backdrafts vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 April 17, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.