Benchwarmers Sports Bar And Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 21, 2016
• address1540 W North Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Benchwarmers Sports Bar And Grill clean?

Benchwarmers Sports Bar And Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 21, 2016. 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 Benchwarmers Sports Bar And Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 21, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NO SPLASH GUARD PROVIDED BETWEEN THE MOP SINK AND DRAIN BOARD OF THE TREE COMPARTMENT SINK.MUST INSTALL SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE, ALSO MUST INSTALL PROPER SUPPORT FOR THE DRAIN BOARD BY THE MOP SINK AND REMOVE DIRTY, NOT MAINTAINED CRATE
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NO SPLASH GUARD PROVIDED BETWEEN THE MOP SINK AND DRAIN BOARD OF THE TREE COMPARTMENT SINK.MUST INSTALL SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE, ALSO MUST INSTALL PROPER SUPPORT FOR THE DRAIN BOARD BY THE MOP SINK AND REMOVE DIRTY, NOT MAINTAINED CRATE
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • GREASE AND DEBRIS AT INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENTS,INCLUDED DEEP FRYER,PIPES BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND WHEELS OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS.ALL SHELVES IN PREP AREA WITH GRIMES ON IT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.ICE BUILD-UP INSIDE CHEST FREEZER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • GRIMES,GREASE AND ENCRUSTED FOOD THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA,INCLUDED BEHIND THE GREASE TRAP. PARTIAL RUG BY THE WINDOW WITH HEAVY STAINS AND GRIMES,INSTRUCTED TO SHAMPOO OR REPLACE.MUST MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • GRIMES,GREASE AND ENCRUSTED FOOD THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA,INCLUDED BEHIND THE GREASE TRAP. PARTIAL RUG BY THE WINDOW WITH HEAVY STAINS AND GRIMES,INSTRUCTED TO SHAMPOO OR REPLACE.MUST MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • WORKING STOPPER IS NEEDED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK BAR AREA,REMOVE DIRTY PLASTIC
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON PREMISES.INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN THEM.INFORMATION GIVEN
  Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON PREMISES.INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN THEM.INFORMATION GIVEN

When was Benchwarmers Sports Bar And Grill last inspected?

Benchwarmers Sports Bar And Grill has 11 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2012.

Benchwarmers Sports Bar And Grill vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 October 21, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.