Links Taproom

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedApril 22, 2019 →
• address1559 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Links Taproom clean?

Links Taproom is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on July 8, 2020, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on April 22, 2019. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Links Taproom?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2019, 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
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness

When was Links Taproom last inspected?

Links Taproom has 8 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2013.

Links Taproom vs West Town

West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓ Links Taproom
  clean · November 21, 2013
• ✓ The Southern
  cooked · May 8, 2013
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  clean · August 22, 2013
• ✓ Mango Liquors
  cooked · November 16, 2016
• ✓ Carnicerias Guanajuato
  clean · June 18, 2013
• ✓ Flash Taco
  cooked · April 19, 2016

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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