Bennigan's #1426

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 10, 2013
• address150 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60603

Is Bennigan's #1426 clean?

Bennigan's #1426 is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 10, 2013. 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 Bennigan's #1426?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FACILITIES UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURES. FOUND PREP COOLER IN KITCHEN AREA WITH AIR TEMPERATURE OF 52.3F. MUST ADJUST/REPAIR TO 40 OR BELOW. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR NSPECTION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS BEING STORED INSIDE PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURES. FOUND COOKED RICE 51.1F, MASHED POTATOES 50.1F, CHEESE AND CHICKEN QUESADILLAS 47.3F, COOKED TURKEY 54.4F, HAM 50.2F, SWISS CHEESE 45.9F, COLBY CHEESE 47.4F, AND BLUE CHEESE DRESSING,45.4F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELLY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED FOOD PRODUCTS. 35LBS OF FOOD WORTHY $52.40. CITATION ISSUED 738-005(A).
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM 07/16/13 REPORT#1345385 NOT CORRECTED. 34. MISSING GROUT THROUGH OUT KITCHEN, MAIN COOKING SERVICE LINE AT REAR, BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE AND BAR FLOORS IN FRONT OF ICE BIN AND UNDER, WASTE WATER AND DEBRIS TRAPPED BETWEEN FLOOR TILES, MUST GROUT FLOOR TILES PROPERLY AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT PEST BREEDING.35. MUST PROVIDE CEILING TILE ABOVE REAR ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN THE REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. 35. MUST REATTACH METAL WALL BASE BOARD AT THE INTERIOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLER SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUSTY SHELVING IN REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUSTY SHELVING IN REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEN INTERIOR OF FREEZERS AND COOLERS IN PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN KITCHEN WALLS REMOVE DIRT AND DEBRIS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN KITCHEN WALLS REMOVE DIRT AND DEBRIS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK IN REAR KITCHEN IS DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR/MAINTAIN.

When was Bennigan's #1426 last inspected?

Bennigan's #1426 has 9 inspections on record going back to July 1, 2010.

Bennigan's #1426 vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 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 December 10, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.