Kickoff Sports Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 15, 2015
• address4630 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Kickoff Sports Bar clean?

Kickoff Sports Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 15, 2015. 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 Kickoff Sports Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED DRAIN HOSE FROM POP GUN HOLDER BEHIND THE BAR, NOT REACHING FLOOR DRAIN TO DISCHARGE WATER,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A LONGER DISCHARGE HOSE SUCH DRAINS AT FLOOR DRAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED DRAIN HOSE FROM POP GUN HOLDER BEHIND THE BAR, NOT REACHING FLOOR DRAIN TO DISCHARGE WATER,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A LONGER DISCHARGE HOSE SUCH DRAINS AT FLOOR DRAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DEBRIS ON TOP THE DRAIN BOARD ATTACHED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MINERAL BUILD UP INSIDE THE POP GUN BEHIND THE BAR AREA,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • COFFEE BEANS AND BROKEN GLASSES,ON FLOOR BEHIND THE COFFEE MACHINE,ALSO DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER THE BAR COUNTER,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • COFFEE BEANS AND BROKEN GLASSES,ON FLOOR BEHIND THE COFFEE MACHINE,ALSO DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER THE BAR COUNTER,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NO LIGHT SHIELD PROVIDED AT LIGHT ABOVE THE PREP COOLER IN THE KITCHEN,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE IT WITH END CAPS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • LEAKING WATER AT WATER SPRAY AT TREE COMPARTMENT SINK ,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR EXPOSED HAND SINK AT BAR AREA SLOWLY DRAINING INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED ITEMS(PAPER,NON-FOOD ITEMS,BOXES,SHELVES ETC) STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE THE STORAGE AT SOUTH WEST AREA,INSTRUCTED TO RE-ORGANIZE ITEMS TO ELEVATE ITEMS 6"OFF THE FLOOR

When was Kickoff Sports Bar last inspected?

Kickoff Sports Bar has 10 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2011.

Kickoff Sports Bar vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Albany Park

• ✓ Kickoff Sports Bar
  clean · October 19, 2012
• ? George's Grill Kabob
  cooked · July 19, 2011
• ? Chicago Espresso Company, Inc
  cooked · August 1, 2013
• ? Taqueria San Juanito Inc.
  cooked · February 8, 2011
• ✓ Donut Doctor & Edy's Ice Cream
  cooked · July 25, 2013
• ✕ Matsumoto Japanese Restaurant
  cooked · April 5, 2010

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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 January 15, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.