Bridgeport Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 6, 2010
• address3500 S Halsted St, Chicago 60609

Is Bridgeport Restaurant clean?

Bridgeport Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 6, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bridgeport Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 6, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous food shall have adequate refrigerated food storage facilities. FOUND PREP REACH-IN COOLER IN FRONT PREP AREA NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMP. WAS 51.8. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE UNIT SERVICED, UNIT WAS TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND CAN NOT BE USED UNTIL REINSPECTED BY CDPH. ONCE FIXED AND MAINTAINING A TEMPERATURE OF 40 F OR LOWER MUST FAX A LETTER TO 312-746-4240 REQUESTING REINSPECTION OF UNIT. CITATION # 60269-16
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less. FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS BEING STORED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. FOUND EGG MIX AT 52.5, RAW CHICKEN AT 51.6, TUNA AT 50.9, AND CHEESE AT 49.7. ALL ITEMS WERE DENATURED AND DISCARDED A COMBINED WEIGHT OF APPROX. 10LBS VALUED AT APROX. $20.OO.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST PAINT/SEAL ALL RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN BASEMENT,REPLACE ALL WORN/DAMAGED REACH-IN (CHEST) FREEZER DOORS IN BASEMENT AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING TO WALK-IN COOLER THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR-REMOVE MILK CRATES. MUST REPLACE ALL WORN/RIPPED RUBBER GASKETS ON ALL REACH-IN COOLERS IN PREP AREAS, REPLACE/REPAINT STORAGE RACKS AND PREP TABLES THAT ARE RUSTY IN POOR REPAIR. MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD TO EXPOSED HAND SINK OR 3-COMP. SINK AND FIX DAMAGED CABINET DOOR UNDER COFFEE STATION.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST PAINT/SEAL ALL RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN BASEMENT,REPLACE ALL WORN/DAMAGED REACH-IN (CHEST) FREEZER DOORS IN BASEMENT AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING TO WALK-IN COOLER THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR-REMOVE MILK CRATES. MUST REPLACE ALL WORN/RIPPED RUBBER GASKETS ON ALL REACH-IN COOLERS IN PREP AREAS, REPLACE/REPAINT STORAGE RACKS AND PREP TABLES THAT ARE RUSTY IN POOR REPAIR. MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD TO EXPOSED HAND SINK OR 3-COMP. SINK AND FIX DAMAGED CABINET DOOR UNDER COFFEE STATION.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENTS,REACH-IN COOLERS/FREEZERS, CAN OPENERS, STORAGE RACKS THROUGHOUT, COVERS UNDER REACH-IN COOLERS IN PREP AREAS. CABINET IN WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM, EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP AND PREP TABLES.TABLE LEGS-IF CLEANING DOESN'T SUFFICE MUST PAINT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS IN ALL CORNERS, UNDER/AROUND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENTS AND SINKS THROUGHOUT. MUST REPLACE ALL DAMAGED/MISSING FLOOR TILES IN PREP/DINING AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS IN ALL CORNERS, UNDER/AROUND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENTS AND SINKS THROUGHOUT. MUST REPLACE ALL DAMAGED/MISSING FLOOR TILES IN PREP/DINING AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN DISH MACHINE AREA, ALL CEILING VENTS IN TOILET ROOMS AND AROUND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENTS. MUST REPAIR DAMAGED CEILING THROUGHOUT BASEMENT AND ON 1ST FL BY ICE MACHINE. MUST SCRAPE/REMOVE PEELING PAINT AND PAINT CEILING IN REAR BY ICE MACHINE AND REPLACE ALL WATER-STAINED CEILING TILES IN SAME AREA AND AS NEEDED. MUST SEAL ALL CRACKS/CREVICES, PIPES/CONDUITS THROUGHOUT. MUST FIX DAMAGED WALL IN BASEMENT CORRIDOR AND PROVIDE MISSING RUBBER WALLBASE THROUGHOUT AS NEEDED. MUST PROVIDE MISSING TILES TO WALL IN FRONT PREP AND AS NEEDED.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN DISH MACHINE AREA, ALL CEILING VENTS IN TOILET ROOMS AND AROUND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENTS. MUST REPAIR DAMAGED CEILING THROUGHOUT BASEMENT AND ON 1ST FL BY ICE MACHINE. MUST SCRAPE/REMOVE PEELING PAINT AND PAINT CEILING IN REAR BY ICE MACHINE AND REPLACE ALL WATER-STAINED CEILING TILES IN SAME AREA AND AS NEEDED. MUST SEAL ALL CRACKS/CREVICES, PIPES/CONDUITS THROUGHOUT. MUST FIX DAMAGED WALL IN BASEMENT CORRIDOR AND PROVIDE MISSING RUBBER WALLBASE THROUGHOUT AS NEEDED. MUST PROVIDE MISSING TILES TO WALL IN FRONT PREP AND AS NEEDED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. MUST PROVIDE SHIELD TO LIGHT IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM AND CLEAN ALL SHIELDS IN PREP AREAS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. MUST PROVIDE A 3-COMP. SINK WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER PER CITY CODE. MUST INSTALL A 3-COMP. SINK OR DISH MACHINE BIG ENOUGH TO WASH LARGEST UTENSIL OR REMOVE LARGE POTS. ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT MUST FIT UNDER VENTILATION HOOD.

When was Bridgeport Restaurant last inspected?

Bridgeport Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2010.

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Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.

Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 April 6, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.