Nelly's Saloon

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 7, 2019
• address3256 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Nelly's Saloon clean?

Nelly's Saloon is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 7, 2019. 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 Nelly's Saloon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 7, 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 • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE WITH NECESSARY ITEMS AS OUTLINED IN POLICY ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE WITH ALL NECESSARY CLEAN UP ITEMS ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • FOODS NOT LABELED OR DATED INSIDE COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER REFRIGERATED READY-TO-EAT TCS FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD GREATER THAN 24 HOURS MUST HAVE SELL BY DATE ON LABEL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AND CALIBRATE A METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS AND KEEP ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. • SOME PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS MISSING THERMOMETERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE WORKING THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • DISHWASH 3-COMPARTMENT SINK LEFT COMPARTMENT SIDE DRAIN PIPE LEAKING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HOLES IN CEILING AT NORTHWEST SIDE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REPAIR/SEAL HOLES IN CEILING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES.

When was Nelly's Saloon last inspected?

Nelly's Saloon has 14 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Nelly's Saloon vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 February 7, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.