Banh Mi & Co.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 11, 2014
• address214 W Van Buren St, Chicago 60607

Is Banh Mi & Co. clean?

Banh Mi & Co. is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 11, 2014. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Banh Mi & Co.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 11, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • OBSERVED 2 PREP COOLERS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES OF 47.4F-52.1F WITH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (EGGS, HAM, CHICKEN AND TOFU) INSIDE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN COOLERS AT 40.0F OR LESS. COOLERS ARE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (PORK, HAM, TOFU, EGGS AND CHICKEN) ON THE COUNTER AND INSIDE OF PREP COOLERS AT 47.5F-117.8F. INSTRUCTED TO MAINATIN COLD FOOD AT 40.0F OR BELOW AND HOT FOOD AT 140.0F OR HIGHER. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED 23LBS OF FOOD VALUED AT $60. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (PORK AND EGGS) ARE BEING PREPARED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGER OJN SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE PLUMBING LEAKING UNDER THE LEFT BASIN OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN PLUMBING. • OBSERVED FOOD BEING COOKED ON BURNERS NOT UNDER HOOD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VENTILATION.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS IN THE PREP AREA WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE HANDLING FOOD.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS IN THE PREP AREA WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE HANDLING FOOD.

When was Banh Mi & Co. last inspected?

Banh Mi & Co. has 3 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2013.

Banh Mi & Co. vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 September 11, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.