Illinois Bar & Grill

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 46.7F. THE COOLER WAS USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS HAMBURGERS AND RAW BACON. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 40F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER. OBSERVED HAMBURGERS WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 44-45F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 13# OF FOOD WORTH APPROXIMATELY $80. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE COLD PLATE AND DRAIN LINES IN CONTACT WITH ICE USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN THE ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO SEPARATE THE ICE AND THE COLD PLATE AND DRAIN LINES.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYERS, EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN FOOD PREP AREA. • DETAIL CLEAN THE ETXERIOR AND SIDES OF THE GRILL, INTERIOR OF PREP COOLER, INTERIOR OF FREEZER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FLOOR DRY IN THE BASEMENT. • CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE GRILL AND DEEP FRYERS.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE FOOD PREP AREA IS SLOW DRAINING. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 22, 2016: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Archer Heights

• ✓ Gilmart's Food & Liquor
  cooked · 5044-5054 S Archer Ave · inspected June 12, 2012
• ✓ Lunada Mexican Grill
  cooked · 4888 1/2 S Archer Ave · inspected October 1, 2013
• ✓ Sport Nutrition
  cooked · 4733 S Cicero Ave · inspected September 30, 2013
• ✓ Islas Marias
  cooked · 4781 S Archer Ave · inspected June 10, 2014
• ✓ Banquetes La Gloria 47Th St
  clean · 4152-4158 W 47Th St · inspected April 27, 2026
• ✓ Supermercado Rivera
  clean · 4334-4338 W 51St St · inspected May 13, 2014

See every restaurant in Archer Heights →

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.