Bob's El Stop

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 16, 2016
• address947 W Wellington Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Bob's El Stop clean?

Bob's El Stop is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 16, 2016. 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 Bob's El Stop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FACILITIES UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURES. COOKS LINE TWO DOOR COOLER FOUND AT 54F WITH FOOD SUCH AS CHEESE AT 50.7F. COOLER TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND MAINTAINS A TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW AND CDPH CONTACTED FOR RE-INSPECTION AND TAG REMOVAL. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS FOUND HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COOLER. APPROXIMATELY 1 LB CHEESE AT 50.7F, 3 LBS MAYONNAISE BASED DRESSING AT 52.9F, SLICED TOMATO AT 49.3F. ALSO NOTED 15 LBS BLANCHED (PRE-COOKED) SLICED FRIES IN COVERED PLASTIC BINS IN THE REAR AREA AT 98.9F, 60.4F AND 70.5F. ALL ABOVE FOODS DISCARDED. MANAGEMENT STATES TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE TO BE $75.00.CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REAR CUTTING BOARD IN POOR REPAIR WITH DEEP BLACKENED GROOVES. MUST REPLACE. FRY SLICER IN POOR REPAIR. MUST REPLACE. MISSING LID HANDLE ON THE LINE COOLER, REPLACED WITH CLOTH STRING. MUST REPLACE WITH METAL/PLASTIC, CLEANABLE MATERIAL.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REAR CUTTING BOARD IN POOR REPAIR WITH DEEP BLACKENED GROOVES. MUST REPLACE. FRY SLICER IN POOR REPAIR. MUST REPLACE. MISSING LID HANDLE ON THE LINE COOLER, REPLACED WITH CLOTH STRING. MUST REPLACE WITH METAL/PLASTIC, CLEANABLE MATERIAL.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR UNDER THE BAG IN BOX SODA SYSTEM WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR UNDER THE BAG IN BOX SODA SYSTEM WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • CRACKED/DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELD IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE.

When was Bob's El Stop last inspected?

Bob's El Stop has 4 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2016.

Bob's El Stop vs Lake View

Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 December 16, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.