Liquor Box

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 28, 2023
• address873 N Orleans St, Chicago 60610

Is Liquor Box clean?

Liquor Box is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 28, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Liquor Box?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 28, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • INSECT CONTROL DEVICE (WHITE AND YELLOW RECTANGLE HANGERS) STORED AROUND THE BARS, ICE MACHINE, AND KITCHEN AREA. DEVICES SHALL BE INSTALLED SO THAT: 1)THEY ARE NOT OVER FOOD PREPARATION AREAS, 2) DEAD INSECTS OR INSECT PARTS DO NOT FALL ONTO EXPOSED FOOD, EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, OR SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • BOXES OF DRINKS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE LIQUOR STORAGE ROOM AND WALK-IN COOLER. ITEMS MUST BE AT LEAST 6INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • BOXES OF DRINKS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE LIQUOR STORAGE ROOM AND WALK-IN COOLER. ITEMS MUST BE AT LEAST 6INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • EQUIPMENT USED IN THE FACILITY IS TOO LARGE TO FIT AND FULLY IMMERSE WITHIN THE COMPARTMENTS OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. FACILITY MUST INSTALL A LARGER 3COMPARTMENT SINKTHAT WILL ALLOW ALL EQUIPMENT TO BE IMMERSED, USE SMALLER EQUIPMENT THAT CAN FIT IN THE EXISTING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK OR USE AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MANUAL WAREWASHING APPROVED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • EQUIPMENT USED IN THE FACILITY IS TOO LARGE TO FIT AND FULLY IMMERSE WITHIN THE COMPARTMENTS OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. FACILITY MUST INSTALL A LARGER 3COMPARTMENT SINKTHAT WILL ALLOW ALL EQUIPMENT TO BE IMMERSED, USE SMALLER EQUIPMENT THAT CAN FIT IN THE EXISTING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK OR USE AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MANUAL WAREWASHING APPROVED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED OPEN HOLES IN CEILING/WALL IN LIQUOR STORAGE ROOM. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE, DURABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION NOT PROVIDED ON SITE. ALL CITY/PENDING CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN A VALID FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION AND PROVIDE ON SITE.

When was Liquor Box last inspected?

Liquor Box has 17 inspections on record going back to December 14, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Liquor Box 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 49% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Liquor Box
  clean · December 22, 2017
• ✓! Left Coast Wells
  cooked · April 23, 2019
• ✓ Left Coast Wells
  clean · July 11, 2017
• ✓! Truluck's Seafood, Steak And Crab House
  cooked · May 18, 2021
• ✓ Truluck's Seafood, Steak And Crab House
  clean · November 2, 2017
• ✓ Millennial Mart
  clean · January 12, 2021

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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 November 28, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.