Lake & Union Rest & Lounge

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 14, 2012
• address666 W Lake St, Chicago 60661

Is Lake & Union Rest & Lounge clean?

Lake & Union Rest & Lounge is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 14, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lake & Union Rest & Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 14, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • DURING INSPECTION OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED.THERE MUST ALWAYS BE A CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.CITATION ISSUED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN UNDER GRILL AT MAIN COOKING LINE.MUST REPAIR AND REPLACE BROKEN DOOR HANDLE OF UTILITY SINK ROOM.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF REAR EXIT DOOR FLOOR, AS WELL AS BROKEN FLOOR TILES UNDER BAR 3COMP SINK.MUST DRY WET FLOOR UNDER MEN'S TOILET ROOM HANDSINK.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF REAR EXIT DOOR FLOOR, AS WELL AS BROKEN FLOOR TILES UNDER BAR 3COMP SINK.MUST DRY WET FLOOR UNDER MEN'S TOILET ROOM HANDSINK.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST PROVIDED SHIELDED LIGHT FIXTURE AT 1DR REFRIGERATOR AT FRONT SERVICE COOKING AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR LEAK UNDER MEN'S TOILET ROOM HANDSINK AND THE LEAKY URINAL.

When was Lake & Union Rest & Lounge last inspected?

Lake & Union Rest & Lounge has 4 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2010.

Lake & Union Rest & Lounge vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 June 14, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.