Bistro Pacific Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 18, 2014
• address680 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago 60611

Is Bistro Pacific Restaurant clean?

Bistro Pacific Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 18, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bistro Pacific Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION #29 FROM INSPECTION MADE ON 1-30-14 NOT CORRECTED. #34-REMOVE THE CARDBOARD FLATS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE COOK'S LINE. MANAGEMENT HAD COOKS REMOVE DURING THIS INSPECTION.CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION #29 FROM INSPECTION MADE ON 1-30-14 NOT CORRECTED. #34-REMOVE THE CARDBOARD FLATS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE COOK'S LINE. MANAGEMENT HAD COOKS REMOVE DURING THIS INSPECTION.CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER PRESENT DURING THIS RE-INSPECTION WHILE FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED IE: COOKED RICE AT 189.2F. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012.
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090 • SEE VIOLATION # 14.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • NO CONSUMER ADVISORY POSTED TO THE PUBLIC. MUST PROVIDE. ALL PREPARED FOODS IN WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE LABELED AND DATED. BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • NO CONSUMER ADVISORY POSTED TO THE PUBLIC. MUST PROVIDE. ALL PREPARED FOODS IN WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE LABELED AND DATED. BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE TIN FOIL AS LINER FOR COOKING EQUIPMENT OR SHELVING. RUSTY METAL RACK SHELVING THROUGHOUT WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REMOVE RUST, RESEAL OR REPAINT. MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS LINER FOR SHELVING IN DRY FOOD STORAGE ROOM.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE TIN FOIL AS LINER FOR COOKING EQUIPMENT OR SHELVING. RUSTY METAL RACK SHELVING THROUGHOUT WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REMOVE RUST, RESEAL OR REPAINT. MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS LINER FOR SHELVING IN DRY FOOD STORAGE ROOM.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DIRTY FLOOR DRAIN UNDER KITCHEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DIRTY FLOOR DRAIN UNDER KITCHEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CRACKED AND MISSING WALL CAULKING AT KITCHEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND TWO COMPARTMENT PREP SINK MUST BE REPLACED.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CRACKED AND MISSING WALL CAULKING AT KITCHEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND TWO COMPARTMENT PREP SINK MUST BE REPLACED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS IN DRY FOOD STORAGE ROOM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • LEAK ON NOZZLE OF BAR FOUR COMPARTMENT SINK. NOZZLE ON TWO COMPARTMENT SINK REPAIRED WITH DUCT TAPE. MUST PROPERLY REPAIR ALL. GAS RICE COOKER ON WOODEN PREP TABLE MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK DISH WASHING AREA. ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT MUST BE UNDER PROPER VENTILATION IN APPROVED FOOD PREPARATION AREA.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ALL COOKS LINE WIPING CLOTHS IN BOTH SUSHI PREP AND HOT LINE MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION. ICE SCOOP AT MACHINE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER. NOT ON TOP OF DIRTY MACHINE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ALL COOKS LINE WIPING CLOTHS IN BOTH SUSHI PREP AND HOT LINE MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION. ICE SCOOP AT MACHINE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER. NOT ON TOP OF DIRTY MACHINE.

When was Bistro Pacific Restaurant last inspected?

Bistro Pacific Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2011.

Bistro Pacific Restaurant 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 12% 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 18, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.