John Schaller is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 28, 2016. 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 John Schaller?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 28, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • BULK FOODS IN CONTAINERS AT DRY STORAGE AREA NEEDS TO BE LABLED.
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • BULK FOODS IN CONTAINERS AT DRY STORAGE AREA NEEDS TO BE LABLED.
⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • NOTED POTS AND PANS NOT PROPERLY STORED AFTER SANITIZING. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INVERT POTS AND PANS AFTER SANITIZING.
Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • NOTED POTS AND PANS NOT PROPERLY STORED AFTER SANITIZING. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INVERT POTS AND PANS AFTER SANITIZING.
🌡️thermometers missing
Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NOTED LIGHT SHIELD CAPS MISSING FROM LIGHT SHIELDS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO HAVE CAPS AFFIXED TO SHIELDS.
⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • NOTED FOODHANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT.MANAGEMENT TOLD EMPLOYEE TO PUT ON HAIR RESTRAINT ON AND EMPLOYEE COMPLIED
Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • NOTED FOODHANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT.MANAGEMENT TOLD EMPLOYEE TO PUT ON HAIR RESTRAINT ON AND EMPLOYEE COMPLIED
When was John Schaller last inspected?
John Schaller has 11 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2010.
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 December 28, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.