Barnes & Nobles Booksellers #2780

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMay 8, 2019 →
• address1441 W Webster Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Barnes & Nobles Booksellers #2780 clean?

Barnes & Nobles Booksellers #2780 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 8, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Barnes & Nobles Booksellers #2780?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices

When was Barnes & Nobles Booksellers #2780 last inspected?

Barnes & Nobles Booksellers #2780 has 6 inspections on record going back to November 12, 2013.

Barnes & Nobles Booksellers #2780 vs West Town

West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,250 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 8, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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