Lakeview Taproom

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 26, 2020
• address1426 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613
• cuisineLiquor

Is Lakeview Taproom clean?

Lakeview Taproom is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 26, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lakeview Taproom?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE AND NECESSARY SUPPLIES EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER INSIDE FRONT BAR REFRIGERATOR AND MUST MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST INSTALL SPLASH GUARD AT THE FRONT BAR HAND WASHING SINK. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST INSTALL SPLASH GUARD AT THE FRONT BAR HAND WASHING SINK. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RAW UNFINISHED WOOD NEXT TO DISH WASHING MACHINE IN FRONT BAR AREA SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE AN NON ABSORBENT SURFACE.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA SURFACES WAS GRAVEL. ACCORDING TO CODE OUTSIDE STORAGE SURFACES SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF NONABSORBENT MATERIAL SUCH AS CONCRETE OR ASPHALT AND SHALL BE SMOOTH, DURABLE AND SLOPED TO DRAIN.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA SURFACES WAS GRAVEL. ACCORDING TO CODE OUTSIDE STORAGE SURFACES SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF NONABSORBENT MATERIAL SUCH AS CONCRETE OR ASPHALT AND SHALL BE SMOOTH, DURABLE AND SLOPED TO DRAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REMOVE CARDBOARD BOXES CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FROM REAR STORAGE ROOMS AND MUST MAINTAIN.

When was Lakeview Taproom last inspected?

Lakeview Taproom has 2 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2020.

Lakeview Taproom vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 26, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.