Bongo Room

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJanuary 3, 2019
• address1152 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60605

Is Bongo Room clean?

Bongo Room is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 3, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bongo Room?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS LOCATED AT THE WASH BOWLS INSIDE OF THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED EGG MIXTURE BATTER OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS WITHOUT LABELS CONTAINING PRODUCT DATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LABELS CONTAINING PRODUCT DATES FOR ALL TCS FOODS THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY POSTED NOR A DISCLOSURE ON THE MENU FOR ALL FOODS THAT CAN BE ORDERED UNDERCOOKED OR RAW (EGGS, BEEF) INSTRUCTED TO POST A CONSUMER ADVISORY AND ADD A DISCLOSURE ON THE MENU FOR ALL PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE ORDERED UNDERCOOKED OR RAW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE OF THE MILK REFRIGERATORS LOCATED IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP/ BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED COMMON NAME MISSING ON THE FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS LOCATED IN THE PREP COOLER AND INSIDE OF THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COMMON NAME OF FOOD ON ALL FOOD CONTAINERS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE CONTAINERS (SOUR CREAM, CHEESE) BEING RE-USED FOR FOOD STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO NOT RE-USE SINGLE SERVICE CONTAINERS AND ONLY STORE FOODS INSIDE OF FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS OR FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS WITH ACCUMULATED DIRT DEBRIS LOCATED IN THE REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST ON THE VENT LOCATED ABOVE THE PREP COOLER IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. • OBSERVED MISSING FLOOR TILES LOCATED BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAKE FLOOR SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.

When was Bongo Room last inspected?

Bongo Room has 20 inspections on record going back to April 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bongo Room vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in Near South Side

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  clean · November 1, 2012
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  clean · February 17, 2012
• ✓ L'oreal Cafeteria
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• ✓! Tommy Gun's Garage
  mid · April 9, 2019
• ✓ Kroll's South Loop
  clean · February 24, 2022
• ? Kroll's South Loop
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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 January 3, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.