First Merit Pavilion

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedJune 22, 2015
• address1300 S Linn White Dr, Chicago 60605
• cuisineSpecial Event

Is First Merit Pavilion clean?

First Merit Pavilion is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 22, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at First Merit Pavilion?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 22, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED A HOT HOLDING UNIT IN FD1 AT AN IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 110 DEGREES F. MUST MAINTAIN HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT AT 140 DEGREES F AND ABOVE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • NOTED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 30LBS OF HAMBURGERS,HOT DOGS, GRILLED ONIONS,VEGGIE BURGERS AND CHICKEN TENDERS IN FD1 AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 105-120.5 DEGREES F. ALSO NOTED APPROXIMATELY 4LBS OF CHEESE AND SLICED TOMATOES IN THE VIP CLUB AT 47-52 DEGREES F. MUST MAINTAIN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40 DEGREES F AND BELOW OR 140 DEGREES F AND ABOVE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • NO HOT RUNNING WATER ON SITE IN THE TEMPORARY KITCHEN ADJACENT TO FD1. MUST PROVIDE HOT RUNNING WATER AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • HAND WASHING FACILITIES FOR EMPLOYEES NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. NO WATER AT THE TEMPORARY HAND SINK AT THE UPPER LEVEL VIP BAR. ALSO NO WATER OR SOAP AVAILABLE AT THE HAND SINK AT BAR 2. MUST PROVIDE POTABLE WATER AND SOAP FOR HAND WASHING AT ALL TEMPORARY HAND WASHING STATIONS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030

When was First Merit Pavilion last inspected?

First Merit Pavilion has 4 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2015.

First Merit Pavilion vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 June 22, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.