Eat & Drink

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 9, 2017
• address4649 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Eat & Drink clean?

Eat & Drink is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 9, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Eat & Drink?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 9, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED TORN GASKET AT THE 2 DOOR PREP LINE COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED FOIL LINERS ON KITCHEN SHELVINGS.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOIL LINERS AND MAINTAIN SURFACES TO SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES. CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES MUST BE SANDED/BLEACHED OR REPLACED AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED TORN GASKET AT THE 2 DOOR PREP LINE COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED FOIL LINERS ON KITCHEN SHELVINGS.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOIL LINERS AND MAINTAIN SURFACES TO SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES. CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES MUST BE SANDED/BLEACHED OR REPLACED AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN INTERIORS OF COOLERS,KITCHEN STORAGE SHELVINGS,BEHIND FRONT COUNTER AREAS,INTERIORS OF SINKS,SIDES OF HOT COOKING EQUIPMENTS,UNUSED ICE MAKER.INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS ARE DIRTY AT REAR DRY STORAGE ROOM.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS IN DETAIL THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES INCLUDING FLOOR DRAIN BENEATH THE DISHWASHING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AREA AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS ARE DIRTY AT REAR DRY STORAGE ROOM.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS IN DETAIL THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES INCLUDING FLOOR DRAIN BENEATH THE DISHWASHING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN KITCHEN EXHAUST HOOD/FILTERS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS TO REMOVE GREASE BUILD-UP AND DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE KITCHEN WALLS. REMOVE DUSTS ACCUMULATIONS FROM CEILING/WALL VENTS IN CUSTOMER DINING AREAS AND INSIDE THE TOILET ROOM AND MAINTAIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIORS OF LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN KITCHEN EXHAUST HOOD/FILTERS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS TO REMOVE GREASE BUILD-UP AND DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE KITCHEN WALLS. REMOVE DUSTS ACCUMULATIONS FROM CEILING/WALL VENTS IN CUSTOMER DINING AREAS AND INSIDE THE TOILET ROOM AND MAINTAIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIORS OF LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BURNT-OUT LIGHT BULBS AT KITCHEN EXHAUST HOOD AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • DETAIL CLEAN AND ORGANIZE REAR DRY STORAGE ROOM AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES DUE TO POTENTIAL PEST HARBORAGE AND ELEVATE STOCK ITEMS AT LEAST 6" INCHES OFF THE FLOOR/WALL FOR EASIER CLEANING AND MAINTAIN.

When was Eat & Drink last inspected?

Eat & Drink has 15 inspections on record going back to November 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Eat & Drink vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 November 9, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.