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Grillers Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 25, 2010
- address40 E Pearson St, Chicago 60611
Is Grillers Cafe clean?
Grillers Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 25, 2010. 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 Grillers Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 25, 2010, 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 AREA COOLER DOOR RUBBER GASKETS RIPPED ALONG COOKLINE. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR GASKETS.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 AREA COOLER DOOR RUBBER GASKETS RIPPED ALONG COOKLINE. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR GASKETS.
- ⚠️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. OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON CEILING AT REAR DISHWASH ROOM. MUST CLEAN OR PAINT CEILING.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. OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON CEILING AT REAR DISHWASH ROOM. MUST CLEAN OR PAINT CEILING.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE PREP AREA COOLERS. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS.Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE PREP AREA COOLERS. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS.
When was Grillers Cafe last inspected?
Grillers Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2011 | closed by the city | |
| October 25, 2010 | Pass |
Grillers Cafe 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 October 25, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.