Harvest Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 30, 2015
• address8535 W Higgins Rd, Chicago 60631

Is Harvest Grill clean?

Harvest Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 30, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Harvest Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 30, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS DOES NTO MEET TEMEPRATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION AND SERVICE. FOUND CHILI THAT WAS COOKED 3-29-2015 INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER 20 LBS AT 53.9 F TO 55.3 F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT POTENTIAL LYHAZARODUS FOODS MUST MAINTAIN 40 F OR BELOW. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DENATURED AND DISCARDED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT POTENTIALLY HAZARODUS FOODS MUST BE COOLED FROM 140 F TO 70 F IN 2 HOURS AND 70 F TO 40 F IN 4 HOURS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A). VALUE $130.00
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MULTI USE UTENSILS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MULTI USE UTENSILS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • GASKETS NOT MANTAINED ON 2 DOOR COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WORN GASKETS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • GASKETS NOT MANTAINED ON 2 DOOR COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WORN GASKETS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CAN OPENER ATTACHED TOP PREP TABLE, GASKET ON 2 COOLER IN BAKERY,EXHAUST HOOD FILTERS IN CAFETERIA, CUTTING BOARDS ON PREP COUNTER, FOIL ON TO OF STORAGE SHELVES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, AND DEEP FRYER CABINETS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND REMOVE FOIL FROM SURFACE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR UNDER EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLBASE AND CORNERS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR UNDER EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLBASE AND CORNERS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • TILED COVING ALONG WALLBASE IN DISH WASHING AREA NOT MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE DAMAGED TILE AND RESEAL. VENTILATION COVERS IN DISH WASHING AREA NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • TILED COVING ALONG WALLBASE IN DISH WASHING AREA NOT MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE DAMAGED TILE AND RESEAL. VENTILATION COVERS IN DISH WASHING AREA NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • SPRAYER FOR THREE COMPARTMENT NOT MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL HOLDER FOR SPRAYER ABOVE WATERLINE OF SINK. DRAINLINE UNDER 1 COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR TO PREVENT LEAK.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • THERMOMETER NOT VISIBLE INSIDE PREP COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE THERMOMETERS CONSIPICUOUSLY INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • THERMOMETER NOT VISIBLE INSIDE PREP COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE THERMOMETERS CONSIPICUOUSLY INSIDE ALL COOLERS.

When was Harvest Grill last inspected?

Harvest Grill has 8 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2010.

Harvest Grill vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 50 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in Norwood Park

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• ✓ Employee Cafeteria
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• ✓ Kona Kai
  clean · October 21, 2010
• ✓ Hall Of Cities/Chicago Ballroom
  clean · October 22, 2010
• ✓! Ballroom 1 ,2, 3
  mid · November 10, 2010
• ✓ Salons 8 9,10
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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 March 30, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.