City Tavern

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 21, 2013
• address1416-1418 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60605

Is City Tavern clean?

City Tavern is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 21, 2013. 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 City Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 21, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Source Sound Condition, No Spoilage, Foods Properly Labeled, Shellfish Tags In Place • FOUND 6 GALLONS OF MILK IN WALK-IN COOLER WITHOUT ANY LABELING OR DATES ON CONTAINERS, PER MAGR CONTENT IS UNPASTURIZED GOAT MILK THAT WAS PURCHASED FROM A LOCAL FARMER IN MICHIGAN ( SWAN CREEK HEIRLOOM FARMS ) A HAND WRITTEN RECEIPT PROVIDED, INSTRUCTED MGR TO USE MILK WITH PROPER LABELING AND APPROVED SOURCE. GALLONS DISCARDED VALUED AT $84.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MISSING COVERS FOR ICE BINS AT BAR AREA, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL. A PLASTIC BAG IS USED AS A SPLASH GUARD NEXT TO SISH WASHING AREA, INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER MATERIAL FOR SPLASH GUARD.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MISSING COVERS FOR ICE BINS AT BAR AREA, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL. A PLASTIC BAG IS USED AS A SPLASH GUARD NEXT TO SISH WASHING AREA, INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER MATERIAL FOR SPLASH GUARD.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • KITCHEN TILES MISSING GROUT AT DISH WASHING AREA, INSTRUCTED TO GROUT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • KITCHEN TILES MISSING GROUT AT DISH WASHING AREA, INSTRUCTED TO GROUT.

When was City Tavern last inspected?

City Tavern has 3 inspections on record going back to March 21, 2013.

City Tavern vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

Other spots in Near South Side

• ✓ City Tavern
  clean · March 21, 2013
• ✓ Butterfield Kitchen
  clean · April 9, 2014
• ✓ The Bureau Bar
  clean · December 21, 2012
• ✓ Jersey Mike's Subs
  clean · January 29, 2014
• ✓ Kurah
  clean · December 16, 2019
• ✓ Kurah
  clean · January 31, 2013

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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 March 21, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.