Duffy's Tavern & Grille

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 2, 2014
• address420 1/2 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago 60614

Is Duffy's Tavern & Grille clean?

Duffy's Tavern & Grille is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 2, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Duffy's Tavern & Grille?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INTERIOR GASKET OF ONE OF THE REACH IN COOLER IN BACK BAR RIPPED OFF. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. MUST REMOVE RUST ON THE LID AND BOTTOM OF THE GREASE TRAP BOX UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN. MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE FRONT BAR.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INTERIOR GASKET OF ONE OF THE REACH IN COOLER IN BACK BAR RIPPED OFF. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. MUST REMOVE RUST ON THE LID AND BOTTOM OF THE GREASE TRAP BOX UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN. MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE FRONT BAR.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOOR TILES BEHIND THE BACK BAR . INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES. MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVER INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER WITH KEGS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FLOOR DRAIN COVER. MUST RE SEAL THE FLOOR IN THE DISHWASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOOR TILES BEHIND THE BACK BAR . INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES. MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVER INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER WITH KEGS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FLOOR DRAIN COVER. MUST RE SEAL THE FLOOR IN THE DISHWASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL A BACK FLOW PREVENTIVE DEVICE ON THE ICE MAKER AND COFFEE MACHINE CONNECTED TO THE WATER LINE.MUST PROVIDE WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTALL A MOP SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AND BACK FLOW PREVENTIVE DEVICE.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ALL ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED IN A SEPARATE CONTAINER TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ALL ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED IN A SEPARATE CONTAINER TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.

When was Duffy's Tavern & Grille last inspected?

Duffy's Tavern & Grille has 14 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Duffy's Tavern & Grille vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 2, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.