Elephant & Castle Pub Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 27, 2012
• address160 E Huron St, Chicago 60611

Is Elephant & Castle Pub Restaurant clean?

Elephant & Castle Pub Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 27, 2012. 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 Elephant & Castle Pub Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. PREP COOLER COVER WITH EXPOSED INSULATION, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. PREP COOLER COVER WITH EXPOSED INSULATION, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. MUST REMOVE FLY TRAP FROM PREP AREA, LEAKY DRIP PAN UNDER COOLING UNIT IN WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MISSING GROUT AT FLOOR TILES UNDER BAR HAND SINK, INSTRUCTED TO GROUT AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MISSING GROUT AT FLOOR TILES UNDER BAR HAND SINK, INSTRUCTED TO GROUT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALL BEHIND COOLING LINE NOT EASILY CLEANABLE, INSTRUCTED TO SHAVE OFF EXCESS INSULATING FOAM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALL BEHIND COOLING LINE NOT EASILY CLEANABLE, INSTRUCTED TO SHAVE OFF EXCESS INSULATING FOAM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. LEAKY PIPE UNDER 3-COMP SINK, STANDING WATER UNDER AT KITCHEN CORNER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Elephant & Castle Pub Restaurant last inspected?

Elephant & Castle Pub Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2010.

Elephant & Castle Pub Restaurant vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 February 27, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.