Duke's Chicago Bar And Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 20, 2016
• address2616 N Clark St, Chicago 60614

Is Duke's Chicago Bar And Grill clean?

Duke's Chicago Bar And Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 20, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Duke's Chicago Bar And Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 20, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS CERTIFICATE POSTED TO VIEW.MUST PROVIDE AND POST CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS CERTIFICATE.(SERIOUS 7-38-012)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM 2- DOOR PREP COOLER SHELVING UNITS.MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD IN BETWEEN HAND SINK AND 3- COMP SINK IN PREP AREA.MUST REPLACE MISSING FAN GUARD COVER IN GLASS REACH IN COOLER IN PREP AREA.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED INTERIOR LID OF SMALL CHEST FREEZER AND LOOSE GASKET IN ICE MACHINE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM 2- DOOR PREP COOLER SHELVING UNITS.MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD IN BETWEEN HAND SINK AND 3- COMP SINK IN PREP AREA.MUST REPLACE MISSING FAN GUARD COVER IN GLASS REACH IN COOLER IN PREP AREA.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED INTERIOR LID OF SMALL CHEST FREEZER AND LOOSE GASKET IN ICE MACHINE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN GREASE AND FOOD DEBRI FROM FRYER CABINET,GRILL TABLE,EXTERIOR OF STOVE AND FRYER,REACH IN FREEZER.MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE BUILD UP FROM INTERIOR PARTS OF ICE MACHINE AND AT FAUCET IN BAR AREA
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILE IN FRONT OF REACH IN FREEZER IN PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN GREASE AND FOOD DEBRI FROM FLOOR IN PREP AREA AND BAR AREA INCLUDING FLOOR DRAIN
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILE IN FRONT OF REACH IN FREEZER IN PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN GREASE AND FOOD DEBRI FROM FLOOR IN PREP AREA AND BAR AREA INCLUDING FLOOR DRAIN
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING WALL BASE NEAR ALL REACH IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS IN PREP AREA,STAINED CEILING TILES IN PREP AREA AND WOMEN'S TOILETROOM,HOLE IN CEILING IN DINING AREA.MUST CLEAN GREASE FROM FILTERS AND DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING FANS,CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREP AREA.MUST ADJUST THRESHOLD AT FRONT DOOR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING WALL BASE NEAR ALL REACH IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS IN PREP AREA,STAINED CEILING TILES IN PREP AREA AND WOMEN'S TOILETROOM,HOLE IN CEILING IN DINING AREA.MUST CLEAN GREASE FROM FILTERS AND DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING FANS,CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREP AREA.MUST ADJUST THRESHOLD AT FRONT DOOR.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR CLOSET NEAR PREP AREA
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY FAUCET AT HAND SINK IN PREP AREA
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST ELEVATE ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS IN REAR CLOSET AND DINING AREA STORAGE
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • IDPH FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS NOT MET MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • IDPH FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS NOT MET MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN.

When was Duke's Chicago Bar And Grill last inspected?

Duke's Chicago Bar And Grill has 21 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Duke's Chicago Bar And Grill vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 20, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.