Mini Bar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 19, 2011
• address3339-3341 N Halsted St, Chicago 60657

Is Mini Bar clean?

Mini Bar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 19, 2011. 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 Mini Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 19, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous food shall have adequate refrigerated food storage facilities. FOUND DISPLAY PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE(AIR TEMP OF 72F,INCLUDING THEIR THERMOMETER).POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD WERE STORED IN IT(SALMON,HUMMUS,CHEESE ETC).TAGGED UNIT "HELD FOR INSPECTION" DO NOT USE UNIT.AFTER THE UNIT IS FIXED AND MAINTAINS AIR TEMP OF 40F AND BELOW, PLEASE FAX A LETTER TO PUBLIC HEALTH(FAX #312-746-4240).CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A) H000073310-16
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE(STORED INSIDE THE ABOVE COOLER):HUMMUS AT TEMP OF 64F, CHICKEN POT PIE AT TEMP OF 64.2F; VARIOUS KIND CHEESE AT TEMP OF 62F; SPINACH DIP WITH CHEESE AT TEMP OF 64.5F; CREAM PASTA SAUCE AT TEMP OF 64F; DIFFERENT KIND OF CONDIMENTS(DICED TOMATOES, RED PEPPERS,ETC)AT TEMP OF 70F; PROSCIUTTO AT TEMP OF 69.9F; SALMON AT TEMP OF 68.1F; BABAGAHAN AT TEMP OF 68.9F; BOILED EGGS WITHOUT THE SHELL AT TEMP 67.2F.NO PROOOF OF TIME AND TEMPERATURE LOG PROVIDED.FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED.POUND 15, VALUE 85.CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A) H000073310-16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. PROVIDE A DISCARGE HOSE FOR POP GUN HOLDER, BEHIND MAIN BAR.NEW RUBBER GASKET IS NEEDED INSIDE THE PREP COOLER DOOR, IN PREP AREA.REPLACE OR FIX INTERIOR LINER OF CHEST FREEZER(DOOR)BROKEN
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. PROVIDE A DISCARGE HOSE FOR POP GUN HOLDER, BEHIND MAIN BAR.NEW RUBBER GASKET IS NEEDED INSIDE THE PREP COOLER DOOR, IN PREP AREA.REPLACE OR FIX INTERIOR LINER OF CHEST FREEZER(DOOR)BROKEN
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.DETAIL CLEAN GUN POP HOLDER, BUILD-UP OF MINERALS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. STOPPERS IS NEEDED AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, IN PREP AREA.

When was Mini Bar last inspected?

Mini Bar has 5 inspections on record going back to March 29, 2010.

Mini Bar 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 14% 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 July 19, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.