Bijan Bistro

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 4, 2020
• address661-663 N State St, Chicago 60654

Is Bijan Bistro clean?

Bijan Bistro is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 4, 2020. 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 Bijan Bistro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK LOCATED IN REAR DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF BLACK SLIME ON INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE USED TO PRODUCE ICE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. DURING COURSE OF INSPECTION ICE WAS REMOVED FROM MACHINE AND MELTED AND INTERIOR WAS CLEANED. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ICE MACHINE FREE OF SLIME AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS IN BAR AND COFFEE SERVICE AREA BEING STORED IN ICE CHESTS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ICE SCOOPS OUTSIDE OF ICE CHESTS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS IN BAR AND COFFEE SERVICE AREA BEING STORED IN ICE CHESTS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ICE SCOOPS OUTSIDE OF ICE CHESTS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CUTTING SURFACES THROUGHOUT MAIN PREP AREA COVERED IN DEEP GROOVES AND DARK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACES. • OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON DOOR TO WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.

When was Bijan Bistro last inspected?

Bijan Bistro has 18 inspections on record going back to March 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bijan Bistro 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 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 August 4, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.