Board Room

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 8, 2014
• address343 W Erie St, Chicago 60610
• cuisineLiquor

Is Board Room clean?

Board Room is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 8, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Board Room?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 8, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • FOUND LOW TEMP DISHMACHINE WITH 0 PPM AT RINSE. DISHMACHINE IS BEING TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AT THIS TIME. MACHINE CAN NOT BE USED UNTIL REINSPECTED BY THE CDPH. ALL MULTI USE ARTICLES MUST BE WASHED, RINSED AND SANITIZED AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030 CITATION ISSUED IMPROPER SANITIZING RINSE.
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • FOUND 2 HANDSINKS ON SITE. 1-NO SOAP OR PAPER TOWELS TO WASH HANDS AND 2-NO SOAP OR TOWELS AND UNACCESIBLE. SINK IS BLOCKED IN A CORNER BY A REACH IN COOLER AND A SHELF. FOUND NO SOAP IN MENS ROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ADD SOAP AND TOWELS AND UNOBSTRUCT HAND SINK. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030 CITATION ISSUED HANDWASHING FACILITIES NOT MAINTAINED.
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • FOUND RAT DROPPING AT REAR INSIDE GARBAGE AREA 10-15 DROPPINGS AND 50 FRUIT FLIES ON WALK IN COOLER. NO PEST CONTROL LOGBOOK ON SITE OR PROOF OF PEST CONTROL. MUST CORRECT AND REMOVE ALL INSECTS AND RODENTS, CONTACT PEST CONTROL COMPANY FOR SERVICE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020 CITATION ISSUED. EVIDENCE OF INSECTS AND RODENTS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • ALL POP GUNS AND HOLDERS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING. ALL BENCHS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL STICKY SUBSTANCES. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN BARS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP OF BOTTLE CAPS AND OTHER DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN BARS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP OF BOTTLE CAPS AND OTHER DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Board Room last inspected?

Board Room has 1 inspection on record going back to August 8, 2014.

Board Room 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 6% 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 8, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.