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Charlotte's Bar And Grill
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 26, 2024
- address6000 W Gunnison St, Chicago 60630
Is Charlotte's Bar And Grill clean?
Charlotte's Bar And Grill is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 26, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Charlotte's Bar And Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE TO BE SOILED WITH BUILD UP OF PINK AND BLACK SLIME-LIKE SUBSTANCES ALONG BOTTOM OF INTERIOR ICE PLATE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE AND ALL EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT CLEAN TO SIGHT AND TOUCH AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED INDIVIDUALLY-WRAPPED UNCUT LETTUCE AND TOMATOES STORED IN ALUMINUM FOOD CONTAINER DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR OF THE KITCHEN AREA WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD CONTAINER AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED INDIVIDUALLY-WRAPPED UNCUT LETTUCE AND TOMATOES STORED IN ALUMINUM FOOD CONTAINER DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR OF THE KITCHEN AREA WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD CONTAINER AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SEVERAL MOPS, BROOMS, AND OTHER CLEANING EQUIPMENT ITEMS AND TOOLS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT REAR AREA (NEAR ICE MACHINE) MAKING OBSERVING FLOORS AND WALLS FOR PEST ACTIVITY DIFFICULT. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE CLEANING EQUIPMENT ITEMS AND REMOVE ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO FOOD OPERATIONS TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE ACCESS TO FACILITY FLOORS AND OBSERVE FOR PEST ACTIVITY AND MAINTAIN.
When was Charlotte's Bar And Grill last inspected?
Charlotte's Bar And Grill has 16 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| December 26, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 26, 2024 | — | |
| March 30, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 29, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2017 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2014 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2013 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2013 | Fail |
Charlotte's Bar And Grill vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 December 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.