Eggsperience

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 16, 2014
• address939 W North Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Eggsperience clean?

Eggsperience is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 16, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Eggsperience?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FOUND THE NORTH PREP COOLER MAINTAINING A TEMPERATURE OF 50.1F. INSTRUCTED THAT COOLER MUST MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW. TAGGED COOLER "HELD FOR INSPECTION" BY CDPH. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND APPROXIMATELY 60 LBS OF PHF (EGGS, COTTAGE CHEESE, TUNA, STEAK, YOGURT, AND CREAM CHEESE), VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $210 IN NORTH PREP COOLER. FOOD WAS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 46.6F TO 52F. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED SAID FOOD. INFORMED THAT ALL PHF MUST BE KEPT AT 140F OR ABOVE OR 40F OR BELOW. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO PROOF OF CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. MANAGER STATED HE IS CERTIFIED BUT HAS CERTIFICATE AT HOME. INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHEN PHF (EGGS, CHICKEN, STEAK, ETC) IS BEING PREPARED. ALL ORIGINAL CERTIFICATES MUST BE POSTED ON PREMISES. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND MISSING CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT BACK OF FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN. FOUND DUST BUILDUP ON VENT NEAR 2 COMPARTMENT SINK BY BACK DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND MISSING CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT BACK OF FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN. FOUND DUST BUILDUP ON VENT NEAR 2 COMPARTMENT SINK BY BACK DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • FOUND NO WORKING LIGHT IN WALK IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND THE LEFT FAUCET ON THE 2 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT WORKING AT ALL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SO HOT AND COLD WATER FLOW AND TO MAINTAIN. FOUND THE FURTHEST LEFT FAUCET OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE DISH AREA WITH A BROKEN HOT WATER HANDLE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WORKING WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INFORMED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS WHEN HANDLING FOOD.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WORKING WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INFORMED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS WHEN HANDLING FOOD.

When was Eggsperience last inspected?

Eggsperience has 5 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2013.

Eggsperience 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 14% 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 May 16, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.