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Bernie's Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 17, 2015
- address6643 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60638
Is Bernie's Restaurant clean?
Bernie's Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 17, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bernie's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 17, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN GROCERY BAGS, AT THE TWO COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS, IE. ZIP-LOCK,BAGGIES ETC.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN GROCERY BAGS, AT THE TWO COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS, IE. ZIP-LOCK,BAGGIES ETC.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE REAR CEILING LIGHT SHIELD NOT CLEAN OVER PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEAN NORTH WALL BEHIND PREP TABLE.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE REAR CEILING LIGHT SHIELD NOT CLEAN OVER PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEAN NORTH WALL BEHIND PREP TABLE.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED LIGHT SHIELD MISSING OVER REAR PREP/DISH AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING SHIELD.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED 5 EMPLOYEES, 3 EMPLOYEES MISSING FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED 5 EMPLOYEES, 3 EMPLOYEES MISSING FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was Bernie's Restaurant last inspected?
Bernie's Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 17, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| August 17, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2015 | — | |
| December 16, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2014 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2014 | Pass |
Bernie's Restaurant vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 17, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.