Boutique Bites

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 28, 2018
• address224 N Ada, Chicago 60607
• cuisineCatering

Is Boutique Bites clean?

Boutique Bites is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 28, 2018. 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 Boutique Bites?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 28, 2018, 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 • 2.102.14(N) NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE ON-SITE DURING THE INSPECTION FOR REVIEW. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE FORM 1B OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTS USED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2.501.11 NO CLEAN UP KIT AVAILABLE ON-SITE DURING THE INSPECTION FOR REVIEW. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE KIT & PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW WHEN RESPONDING TO EVENTS THAT INVOLVE THE DISCHARGE OF VOMITING OR DIARRHEA ON TO SURFACES IN A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3.307.11 MUST INSTALL SPLASH GUARDS AT ALL HAND SINKS BY PREP TABLES OF STORAGE RACKS THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3.307.11 MUST INSTALL SPLASH GUARDS AT ALL HAND SINKS BY PREP TABLES OF STORAGE RACKS THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6.501.12 MUST DETAIL CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS FROM FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA UNDER HEAVY EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6.501.14 MUST DETAIL CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION FROM FILTERS AND KITCHEN HOOD IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6.501.14 MUST DETAIL CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION FROM FILTERS AND KITCHEN HOOD IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2.102.13 FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2.102.13 FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • ALLERGEN TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION LICENSE. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE THE TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES.

When was Boutique Bites last inspected?

Boutique Bites has 9 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2014.

Boutique Bites vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 September 28, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.