Mike Ditka's Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 8, 2019
• address100 E Chestnut St, Chicago 60611

Is Mike Ditka's Restaurant clean?

Mike Ditka's Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 8, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Mike Ditka's Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • - THE DESIGNATED PERSON IN CHARGE, WHO IS ON SITE, MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION LICENSE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST INSTALL A HANDWASH SINK IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS. THE COFFEE PREP SERVER STATION ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THE 1ST FLOOR BAR. THE 2ND FLOOR BAR. THE 1ST FLOOR DISHWASH AREA. THE 2ND FLOOR COFFEE PREP SERVER STATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • - OBSERVED A SLIGHT DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE INTERIOR TUBES OF THE ICE MACHINE. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • - OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE IN THE COOK LINE PREP COOLER; CHEESE (54.6F), SALAD DRESSING (48.4F), MAYO (50.6F), GARLIC AND OIL MIXTURE (48.2F). FACILITY CORRECTED VIOLATION ON SITE BY DISCARDING THE FOODS WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 1# AND A REPORTED VALUE OF $50. PRIORITY VIOLATION#:7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • - MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR DATE MARKING THE PREPARATION AND CONSUME BY/DISCARD DATE OF ALL REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS HELD OVER 24HRS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE IN THE DINING ROOM, UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION. • - OBSERVED FOOD AND UTENSILS STORED DIRECTLY UNDER WASTE WATER LINES IN THE BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE IN THE DINING ROOM, UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION. • - OBSERVED FOOD AND UTENSILS STORED DIRECTLY UNDER WASTE WATER LINES IN THE BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • - OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE WALL IN THE 1ST FLOOR SERVER STATION. MUST REPAIR OBSERVED CRACKS/HOLES IN THE WALLS AND CEILING IN THE BASEMENT PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • - OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE DISHWASH MACHINES' EXHAUST VENTILATIONS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • - OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE DISHWASH MACHINES' EXHAUST VENTILATIONS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Mike Ditka's Restaurant last inspected?

Mike Ditka's Restaurant has 14 inspections on record going back to August 4, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Mike Ditka's Restaurant 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 0% 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 April 8, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.