Ivy Hotel

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 2, 2019
• address233 E Ontario St, Chicago 60611

Is Ivy Hotel clean?

Ivy Hotel is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 2, 2019. 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 Ivy Hotel?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 2, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • - OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AVAILABLE FOR HAND DRYING AT THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE FIRST FLOOR BAR. FACILITY STATES THEY USE MUTLI-USE RAGS TO DRY HANDS AT THE BAR. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SINGLE USE, DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS AS A HAND DRYING PROVISION AT THE HANDWASH SINK. FACILITY CORRECTED ON SITE BY PROVIDING PAPER TOWELS BY THE 1ST FLOOR BAR HANDWASH SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED. • - MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASH SINKS, AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • - OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF A SLIMY BLACK AND PINK SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. MUST DETAIL CLEAN/HAVE SERVICED AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. FACILITY CORRECTED VIOLATION ON SITE BY HAVING THE ICE MACHINE SERVICED/CLEANED AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • - OBSERVED FOODS INSIDE THE PREP COOLER BEING HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED 1/2# HAM (57.8F), 1# SAUSAGE (46.4F), 3# EGGS (56.7F), 1/4# CUT TOMATOES (57.6F). FACILITY CORRECTED VIOLATION ON SITE BY DISCARDING THE FOODS THE OUT OF TEMPERATURE FOOD ITEMS WITH A REPORTED VALUE OF $25. PRIORITY VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • - OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON THE SPLASH GUARD OF THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE 1ST FLOOR BAR. MUST REMOVE AND STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A CLEAN DRY LOCATION AND AWAY FROM POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE (COFFEE SPOONS) IN THE DINING ROOM, UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION. • - OBSERVED CLEAN UTENSILS AND DISHED STORED IMPROPERLY ON THE SHELF. MUST INVERT ALL CLEAN UTENSILS AND DISHES DURING STORAGE TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE (COFFEE SPOONS) IN THE DINING ROOM, UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION. • - OBSERVED CLEAN UTENSILS AND DISHED STORED IMPROPERLY ON THE SHELF. MUST INVERT ALL CLEAN UTENSILS AND DISHES DURING STORAGE TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • - OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING USED AS SHELF LINER BY THE DISHMACHINE IN THE KITCHEN. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELF LINER THAT IS A NON-ABSORBENT, NON-CORROSIVE, SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • - OBSERVED THE SIDES OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT ENCRUSTED WITH AN ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS. MUST REMOVE DEBRIS, DETAIL CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • - MUST PROVIDE COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLES IN ALL WOMEN'S TOILET ROOMS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • - MUST PROVIDE COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLES IN ALL WOMEN'S TOILET ROOMS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • - OBSERVED AN EXTREME ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS AND DIRT ENCRUSTED TO THE 1ST FLOOR BAR FLOOR DRAIN. MUST REMOVE DEBRIS, DETAIL CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Ivy Hotel last inspected?

Ivy Hotel has 9 inspections on record going back to May 22, 2012.

Ivy Hotel 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.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Ivy Hotel
  clean · May 22, 2012
• ✓ Ivy Hotel
  clean · May 22, 2012
• ✓ Orange Restaurant
  clean · June 30, 2011
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• ✓ Michael Jordan's Steakhouse
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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 May 2, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.