Chicago Grind

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 25, 2019
• address5256 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is Chicago Grind clean?

Chicago Grind is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 25, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Chicago Grind?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 25, 2019, 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 • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED PREPACKAGED YOGURT, COOKIES AND ALL PREPACKAGED BAKED GOODS IN FRONT SELF SERVICE DISPLAY COOLER IN NEED OF LABELS CONTAINING NAME OF PRODUCT, NAME AND ADDRESS OF FACILITY AND INGREDIENT LIST.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SPLASH GUARD AT FRONT DUMP SINK IN DISREPAIR. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING NON FOOD CONTACT SURFACES NEED TO BE CLEANED : VENTS ON DOORS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN, VENTS ON DOORS AND CEILING IN WASHROOMS, VENTS IN FURNACE ROOMS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES NOT LOCATED AT ICE MACHINE, ESPRESSO MACHINE AND COFFEE BREWER WATER SUPPLIES. ALSO, NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT UTILITY SINK FAUCET (SPRAYER/HOSE). MUST INSTALL SO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED. • 5-205.15: **C** System Maintained in Good Repair (In Good Repair) OBSERVED RIGHT COMPARTMENT ON 3 COMPARTMENT NOT WORKING PROPERLY. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING AREAS NOT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE INCLUDING: NORTH WALL OF KITCHEN WALL IN DISREPAIR AND RAW WOOD GOING UP WALL AND ON CEILING. RESTORE WALL AND PAINT OR SEAL RAW WOOD SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE, EMPLOYEE WASHROOM WALLS BEHIND TOILET AND SINK • OBSERVED FLOOR NEAR ICE MACHINE UNCLEAN WITH FOOD DEBRIS, GRIME. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS UNDER AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED VENTILATION IN WASHROOM NOT WORKING. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED VENTILATION IN WASHROOM NOT WORKING. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA 100-0367 ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN

When was Chicago Grind last inspected?

Chicago Grind has 9 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2014.

Chicago Grind vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, 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 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.