Bascule Wine Bar & American Bistro

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 12, 2015
• address1421 W Taylor, Chicago 60607

Is Bascule Wine Bar & American Bistro clean?

Bascule Wine Bar & American Bistro is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 12, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bascule Wine Bar & American Bistro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE THE PROPER LID FOR THE ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR. ALSO, MUST PROVIDE A BRUSH THAT CAN BE USED TO PROPERLY WASH THE GLASS BOTTLES USED FOR WATER SERVICE. THE BOTTLES ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A MANNER THAT MAKES THEM DIFFICULT TO WASH PROPERLY. MUST MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES OR ELIMINATE USE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE THE PROPER LID FOR THE ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR. ALSO, MUST PROVIDE A BRUSH THAT CAN BE USED TO PROPERLY WASH THE GLASS BOTTLES USED FOR WATER SERVICE. THE BOTTLES ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A MANNER THAT MAKES THEM DIFFICULT TO WASH PROPERLY. MUST MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES OR ELIMINATE USE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOORS BEHIND THE BAR AREA, UNDER THE COOK LINE, ALONG WALLS AND THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOORS BEHIND THE BAR AREA, UNDER THE COOK LINE, ALONG WALLS AND THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER THE DISH MACHINE, BEHIND THE PREP COOLER IN THE FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA AND THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER THE DISH MACHINE, BEHIND THE PREP COOLER IN THE FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA AND THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST INCREASE THE HOT WATER PRESSURE AT THE HAND SINK IN THE BASEMENT DISHWASHING AREA.

When was Bascule Wine Bar & American Bistro last inspected?

Bascule Wine Bar & American Bistro has 5 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2014.

Bascule Wine Bar & American Bistro vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 August 12, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.