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Best Steakhouse
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 21, 2012
- address4570 N Broadway, Chicago 60640
Is Best Steakhouse clean?
Best Steakhouse is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 21, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Best Steakhouse?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 21, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalFacilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous food shall have adequate refrigerated food storage facilities. WALK IN COOLER NOT WORKING, COOLER EMPTY AT THIS TIME. COOLER COMPRESSOR IS BROKEN. COOLER IS TAGGED BY CDPH AT THIS TIME. FAX CDPH AT (312) 746-4240 WHEN WALK IN COOLER IS REPAIRED. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE AND ON LOWER SIDE OF DISHMACHINE DRAINBOARDS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL UNCLEAN EQUIPMENT.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE DINING AREA. MUST REPLACE ALL DAMAGED CEILING TILES.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE DINING AREA. MUST REPLACE ALL DAMAGED CEILING TILES.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. PREP AREA HANDWASH BOWL FAUCET LEAKING AND 2-COMPARTMENT SINK HOT WATER HANDLE LEAKING. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINKS.
When was Best Steakhouse last inspected?
Best Steakhouse has 3 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2013 | closed by the city | |
| February 21, 2012 | Pass | |
| December 3, 2010 | Pass |
Best Steakhouse vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 February 21, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.