Mark Ii Lounge

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 16, 2020
• address7436-7442 N Western Ave, Chicago 60645
• cuisineLiquor

Is Mark Ii Lounge clean?

Mark Ii Lounge is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 16, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mark Ii Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO WRITTEN CLEANING PROCEDURE OR REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMIT/DIARRHEA EVENT. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • BOTH REAR EXIT DOORS WITH AN OPEN GAP ON THE BOTTOM THRESHOLD OF THE DOORS. MUST PROVIDE A TIGHT FITTING SEAL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOORS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST PROVIDE LIDS FOR BOTH ICE BINS AT THE BAR.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO QUATERNARY OR CHLORINE CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE FOR BOTH SANITIZING SOLUTIONS ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO QUATERNARY OR CHLORINE CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE FOR BOTH SANITIZING SOLUTIONS ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE WASHROOM. MUST REPLACE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Mark Ii Lounge last inspected?

Mark Ii Lounge has 4 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2011.

Mark Ii Lounge vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 October 16, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.