Burger Joint Chicago Bar & Grill Llc

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 30, 2015
• address500 W Madison St, Chicago 60661

Is Burger Joint Chicago Bar & Grill Llc clean?

Burger Joint Chicago Bar & Grill Llc is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 30, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Burger Joint Chicago Bar & Grill Llc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR THE BROKEN HANDLE AT THE PREP COOLER IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. (MIDDLE DOOR)
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR THE BROKEN HANDLE AT THE PREP COOLER IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. (MIDDLE DOOR)
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE POSTED. ALSO NO PROOF OF VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST PROVIDE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012 (PORK,BEEF)SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST REPLACE THE MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE LIGHT IN THE REAR PREP AREA ABOVE THE SODA DISPENSER. MUST ALSO REPLACE THE 2ND LIGHT BULB IN THE WALK IN COOLER.

When was Burger Joint Chicago Bar & Grill Llc last inspected?

Burger Joint Chicago Bar & Grill Llc has 7 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2013.

Burger Joint Chicago Bar & Grill Llc vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 January 30, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.