Benny's Chophouse

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJune 21, 2019
• address444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Benny's Chophouse clean?

Benny's Chophouse is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 21, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Benny's Chophouse?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 21, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • - NO VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • - NO VOMITOUS AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP WRITTEN POLICY AND PHYSICAL KIT, EFFECTIVE FOR ELIMINATING NOROVIRUS, ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • - MUST PROVIDE HANDWASH SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASH SINKS AND MAINTAIN. -
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • - MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR DATE MARKING THE PREPARATION AND CONSUME BY/DISCARD DATE OF ALL REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD OVER 24HRS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • - MUST PROVIDE CONSUMER ADVISORY (ON SITE), REMINDER (IN THE MENU), AND DISCLOSURE (BY THE FOOD ITEMS) FOR ALL UNDERCOOKED FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • - OBSERVED A 1/2" GAP ALONG THE BOTTOMS OF THE ROTATING DOORS. MUST PROVIDE A TIGHT FITTING SEAL AT ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF PESTS. -
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE IN THE DINING ROOM, UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION. -
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE IN THE DINING ROOM, UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION. -
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • - OBSERVED THE LEFT SIDE VENTILATION HOOD GRATE IN DISREPAIR WITH HOLES AND RUST. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. -
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • - OBSERVED MISSING AND STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE GUEST TOILET ROOMS AND IN THE KITCHEN ON THE COOK LINE. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED GAPS/HOLES IN THE WALL AND CEILING BY THE HIGH TEMP DISH MACHINE. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. -
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • - MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -

When was Benny's Chophouse last inspected?

Benny's Chophouse has 13 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Benny's Chophouse vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Benny's Chophouse
  clean · February 23, 2010
• ✓ 600 N Lakeshore Drivemart
  clean · January 8, 2010
• ✓ Grand Food Mart
  clean · October 3, 2011
• ✓ Grand Food Mart
  clean · February 3, 2010
• ✓ 600 N Lakeshore Drivemart
  clean · November 18, 2010
• ✓! Afc Sushi
  mid · April 17, 2014

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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 June 21, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.