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Elephant & Castle Pub & Restauant
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 2, 2025
- address185 N Wabash Ave, Chicago 60601
Is Elephant & Castle Pub & Restauant clean?
Elephant & Castle Pub & Restauant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Elephant & Castle Pub & Restauant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IN THE DOWNSTAIRS CUSTOMER RESTROOMS.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DISH RACKS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE AT SIX INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.FOOD EMPLOYEE ELEVATED DISH RACKS-COS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DISH RACKS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE AT SIX INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.FOOD EMPLOYEE ELEVATED DISH RACKS-COS.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED DIRTY/PEELING CAULKING IN THE DISHWASHING AREA BEHIND SPRAYER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN OR REPLACE. • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS WITH OPEN SEAMS AND DARK STAINS AT THE HOT FOODS SECTION IN FRONT OF STEAM TABLE. MUST REFINISH OR REPLACE DAMAGED CUTTING BOARDS.
When was Elephant & Castle Pub & Restauant last inspected?
Elephant & Castle Pub & Restauant has 19 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 22, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 4, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2016 | Fail |
Elephant & Castle Pub & Restauant vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 56% 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 January 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.