Keefer's Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 1, 2014
• address20 W Kinzie St, Chicago 60654

Is Keefer's Restaurant clean?

Keefer's Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 1, 2014. 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 Keefer's Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • NOTED MULTI USE UTENSILS ON SHELVES AT THE MAIN KITCHEN NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL UTENSILS DURING STORAGE OR PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE COVER TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION AND CONTAMINATION.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • NOTED MULTI USE UTENSILS ON SHELVES AT THE MAIN KITCHEN NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL UTENSILS DURING STORAGE OR PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE COVER TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION AND CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED RUSTY AND DIRTY SHELVES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER BY THE PREP AREA AND SHELVES INSIDE SERVICE COOLER BY THE STOVE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REPAINT WITH A NON TOXIC FOOD GRADE PAINT OR PLACE SHELVES AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED RUSTY AND DIRTY SHELVES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER BY THE PREP AREA AND SHELVES INSIDE SERVICE COOLER BY THE STOVE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REPAINT WITH A NON TOXIC FOOD GRADE PAINT OR PLACE SHELVES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE INSIDE COMPARTMENT OF ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT BLACK DIRT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED DIRTY WALLS INSIDE WALK IN COOLER BEHIND THE FANS BY THE PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED DIRTY WALLS INSIDE WALK IN COOLER BEHIND THE FANS BY THE PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NOTED LEAKING FAUCET AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • NOTED CLUTTER ON FLOOR AT THE REAR BY THE STAIRS LEADING TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND ALSO AT THE EMPLOYEES LOCKER ROOM/ELECTRICAL ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN,ORGANIZE AND/OR REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLE TO PREVENT HIDING PLACE FOR PEST.

When was Keefer's Restaurant last inspected?

Keefer's Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2010.

Keefer's Restaurant vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 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 May 1, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.