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O'briens Restaurant & Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 10, 2016
- address1528 N Wells St, Chicago 60610
Is O'briens Restaurant & Bar clean?
O'briens Restaurant & Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 10, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at O'briens Restaurant & Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP DARK CUTS IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON SHELVING WHERE MULTI-USE UTENSILS/KITCHEN EQUIPMENTS ARE STORED IN KITCHEN AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PEELING PAINT MUST REPAIR TO SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP DARK CUTS IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON SHELVING WHERE MULTI-USE UTENSILS/KITCHEN EQUIPMENTS ARE STORED IN KITCHEN AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PEELING PAINT MUST REPAIR TO SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE DUSTS ACCUMULATIONS ON CEILING FAN IN THE KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA AND ON CEILING VENTILATION COVERS INSIDE THE TOILET ROOMS AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE DUSTS ACCUMULATIONS ON CEILING FAN IN THE KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA AND ON CEILING VENTILATION COVERS INSIDE THE TOILET ROOMS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED SMALL WATER LEAK AT BOTTOM OF DISHMACHINE LOCATED IN BASEMENT DISHWASHING AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER INSIDE THE 1 DOOR KITCHEN COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN VISIBLE THERMOMETERS.Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER INSIDE THE 1 DOOR KITCHEN COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN VISIBLE THERMOMETERS.
- ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE DISPENSING UTENSIL FOR ICE MACHINE WITH CRACK AT END OF SCOOP.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE DISPENSING UTENSIL FOR ICE MACHINE WITH CRACK AT END OF SCOOP.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was O'briens Restaurant & Bar last inspected?
O'briens Restaurant & Bar has 19 inspections on record going back to February 25, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| November 1, 2016 | — | |
| March 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2016 | Fail | |
| April 2, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 20, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2014 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2014 | Fail | |
| March 26, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2012 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2011 | Pass |
O'briens Restaurant & Bar vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 March 10, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.