Galvin's Public House

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. FOUND 40 POUNDS OF COOKED CHICKEN WINGS AND 10 POUNDS COOKED CORNED BEEF AT 45.3F AND 43.9F. CRITICAL VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED. DISPOSED OF 50 POUNDS OF FOOD. VALUE AT 100DOLLARS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMNET TO PROPERLY COOL FOOD PROPERLY BEFORE STORING FOOD INSIDE COOLERS.
  code 3Priority
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: FOUND TWO LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINES AT KITCHEN AND BEHIND BAR NOT SANITIZING PROPERLY. 0 PPM CHLORINE. CRITICAL VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-030. TAGGED 2 DISHMACHINES.
  code 8Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOUND ICE MACHINE AT BASEMENT NOT BEING MAINTAINED. FOUND BLACK PARTICLES ON INSIDE ICE MACHINE. SERIOUS VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005. MUST DISPOSE OF ICE AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE ICE MACHINE.
  code 16
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD. (HANDLES CHICKEN, RAW BEEF, ETC.) SERIOUS VIOLATION. CITATION ISSSUED. 7-38-012. MUST OBTAIN.
  code 21
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN SURROUNDING DEEP FRYER AREAS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND HOOD EXHAUST NOT CLEAN. (EXCESSIVE GREASE) MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 6, 2015: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Portage Park

• ? Caponies On Montrose
  cooked · 5044 W Montrose Ave · inspected May 23, 2011
• ✓! Lawrence & Kennedy Amoco
  mid · 5027 W Lawrence Ave · inspected June 24, 2020
• ✓ Jj Peppers Food Store
  clean · 3555 N Central Ave · inspected April 27, 2022
• ✓ Taqueria El Gallo #2
  clean · 4808 N Milwaukee Ave · inspected March 18, 2010
• ✓ La Pena Restaurante
  clean · 4212-4214 N Milwaukee Ave · inspected April 10, 2026
• ? Caffe Roma
  cooked · 6346 W Irving Park Rd · inspected August 4, 2011

See every restaurant in Portage Park →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.