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Bonsai Cafe & Lounge
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 5, 2014
- address3503-3505 N Halsted St, Chicago 60657
Is Bonsai Cafe & Lounge clean?
Bonsai Cafe & Lounge is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 5, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Bonsai Cafe & Lounge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE. INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE OBSERVED BLACK AND BROWN SLIMY SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF THE ICE MACHINE. ICE IS BEING USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. MUST TURN OFF ICE MACHINE REMOVE ICE HAVE INTERIOR SURFACES CLEANED AND SANITIZED. ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED DURING INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CUTTING BOARD WITH DEEP DARK GROOVES MUST BE SENDED/BLEACHED OR REPLACED.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CUTTING BOARD WITH DEEP DARK GROOVES MUST BE SENDED/BLEACHED OR REPLACED.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CRACKED AND MISSING FLOOR TILES IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA NEXT TO PREP COOLER. MUST REPAIR/REPLACEFloors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CRACKED AND MISSING FLOOR TILES IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA NEXT TO PREP COOLER. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE
- 🏷️food improperly labeledToilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • THE THREE WASHROOM DOORS ARE NOT SELF-CLOSING. MUST PROVIDE A SELF-CLOSING DEEVICE.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK AT FRONT BAR AND REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA ARE DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAINED.
- ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOPS STORED INSIDE ICE BINS AT FRONT BAR. MUST PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER.Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOPS STORED INSIDE ICE BINS AT FRONT BAR. MUST PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER.
When was Bonsai Cafe & Lounge last inspected?
Bonsai Cafe & Lounge has 7 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 4, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| August 5, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 29, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 24, 2012 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2012 | Fail | |
| July 23, 2012 | Fail |
Bonsai Cafe & Lounge vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 5, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.