Bourgeois Pig: The Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMay 14, 2021
• address736 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Bourgeois Pig: The Cafe clean?

Bourgeois Pig: The Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 14, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bourgeois Pig: The Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO ONE IN CHARGE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 2-101.11 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOODS INCLUDING SLICED DELI MEAT AND CHEESE ARE BEING SERVED. OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS CERTIFICATE POSTED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  No Bare Hand Contact With Rte Food Or A Pre-Approved Alternative Procedure Properly Allowed • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE MAKING SANDWICHES AND TOUCHING READY TO EAT ITEMS INCLUDING BREAD, MEAT, CHEESE, GREENS AND TOMATO. EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD FOOD AND IMMEDIATELY GO WASH HANDS AND PUT ON GLOVES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED SODA/POP COOLER AT 59F. COOLER DID NOT CONTAIN TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOODS AT TIME OF INSPECTION. COOLER WAS TAGGED PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD LABELS NEEDED ON PREPACKAGED ITEMS. INCLUDING COMMON NAME OF PRODUCT, LIST OF INGREDIENTS, NAME AND ADDRESS OF MANUFACTURER AND ALLERGEN INFORMAITON AS NEEDED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CEILING IN 1ST FLOOR FOOD SERVICE AREA WITH PEELING/FLAKING PAINT ON CEILING. MUST REMOVE PEELING/FLAKING PAINT AND RESTORE SURFACE TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE CONDITION. OBSERVED BASEMENT FOOD PREPARTION AREA WITH OPEN CEILING ABOVE OVENS AND FLOOR MIXER. CEILING MUST BE CLOSED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. OBSERVED BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA WITH TOOLS AND LUMBER. FOOD MAY NOT BE STORED IN A MECHNICAL ROOM AND ALL TOOLS ETC MUST BE REMOVED FROM AREAS WHERE FOOD IS STORED.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CEILING IN 1ST FLOOR FOOD SERVICE AREA WITH PEELING/FLAKING PAINT ON CEILING. MUST REMOVE PEELING/FLAKING PAINT AND RESTORE SURFACE TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE CONDITION. OBSERVED BASEMENT FOOD PREPARTION AREA WITH OPEN CEILING ABOVE OVENS AND FLOOR MIXER. CEILING MUST BE CLOSED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. OBSERVED BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA WITH TOOLS AND LUMBER. FOOD MAY NOT BE STORED IN A MECHNICAL ROOM AND ALL TOOLS ETC MUST BE REMOVED FROM AREAS WHERE FOOD IS STORED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BASEMENT PREPARATION AREA FLOOR VERY UNCLEAN. FLOOR MUST BE CLEANED AND MAINTAINED. OBSERVED FLOOR IN FIRST FLOOR SERVICE AREA BEHIND AND UNDER EQUIMENT VERY UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED WALK IN FLOOR NOT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. RESTORE SURFACE TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BULBS WITHOUT PROTECTIVE SHIELDING IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE ROOM. INSTALL SHIELDS ON LIGHTS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BULBS WITHOUT PROTECTIVE SHIELDING IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE ROOM. INSTALL SHIELDS ON LIGHTS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. PROVIDE PROOF THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. PROVIDE PROOF THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING COULD BE PROVIDED. ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS NEED ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Bourgeois Pig: The Cafe last inspected?

Bourgeois Pig: The Cafe has 16 inspections on record going back to July 7, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bourgeois Pig: The Cafe vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Park

• ✓ The Fire Place Inn
  clean · October 27, 2011
• ✓ The Fire Place Inn
  clean · October 27, 2011
• ✓ Subway
  clean · June 20, 2013
• ✓ Bare Berry Company
  clean · July 11, 2011
• ✓ Berrymoon
  clean · September 16, 2013
• ✓! Dq Orange Julius
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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 May 14, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.