Duffy's Tavern & Grille

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 13, 2024
• address420-422 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 June 13, 2024. 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 June 13, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15/ NOTED GAP AT FRONT OUTTERMOST DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A TIGHT SEAL TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.1/NOTED EXPOSED PIPE ABOVE KITCHEN PREP AREA AND NO SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN HANDSINK AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN DISHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER ENCASEMENT FOR PIPE AND SPLASH GUARD AT SINK AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.1/NOTED EXPOSED PIPE ABOVE KITCHEN PREP AREA AND NO SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN HANDSINK AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN DISHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER ENCASEMENT FOR PIPE AND SPLASH GUARD AT SINK AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12/ NOTED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT DISHROOM MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. • 5-205.15/ NOTED LEAK AT "BACK BAR" HANDWASH SINK. AND SLOW DRAIN AT "FRONT BAR" HANDWASH SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11/ NOTED FLOORS AND WALLS IN DISHROOM, KITCHEN, FRONT, BACK AND SIDE BAR, BEER COOLERS AND UNDER AND BEHIND ICE MAKER WITH GREASE, GRIME AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND SANITIZE. • 6-501.114/NOTED UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED BETWEEN WALL AND ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE WHERE ITEMS WERE. ALSO NOTED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS IN LIQUOR ROOM AND CRATES UNDERNEATH "BEER COOLING CONTROL SYSTEM", AND STACKED BOXES STORED ON THE FLOOR IN DRY NONFOOD STORAGE ROOM TO DJ BOOTH. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE SHELVING WITH A MINIMUM OF 6 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. • 6-501.11/ NOTED CRACKED FLOORING AND CONCAVE DIP IN FLOOR AT FRONT BEER WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAINT AN EVEN SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11/ NOTED REAR DINING AREA WITH INADEQUATE LIGHTING ON WEST SIDE OF ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AND M
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11/ NOTED REAR DINING AREA WITH INADEQUATE LIGHTING ON WEST SIDE OF ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AND M

When was Duffy's Tavern & Grille last inspected?

Duffy's Tavern & Grille has 17 inspections on record going back to April 2, 2014. 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 36% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ Duffy's Tavern & Grille
  clean · April 2, 2014
• ✓ Bountiful Eatery
  clean · September 25, 2015
• ✓ Nano Sushi
  clean · October 21, 2013
• ✓ 5411 Empanadas
  clean · July 8, 2025
• ✓! Bow Truss
  mid · May 29, 2015
• ✓ Cvs
  clean · December 11, 2014

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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 June 13, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.