O'briens Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 5, 2016
• address45 E Riverwalk South, Chicago 60601

Is O'briens Restaurant clean?

O'briens Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 5, 2016. 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 O'briens Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 5, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • OBSERVED THE PREP TOP COOLER HOLDING IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 54 DEGREES WITH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD STORED INSIDE. THE UNIT WAS TAGGED DURING INSPECTION AND MUST NOT BE USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS UNTIL THE TAG HAS BEEN REMOVED BY THE CDPH. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COLD HOLDING FACILITIES AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE IN THE PREP TOP COOLER: EGGS, 54 DEGREES, 1 LB; CUT FRESH TOMATOES, 51 DEGREES, 2.5 LBS; CHEESE, 53 DEGREES, 3 LBS; HUMMUS, 57 DEGREES, 4 LBS; CUT FRESH MELON, 54 DEGREES, 5 LBS. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED APPROX. $40 WORTH OF PRODUCT. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY AND SERVICE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A)
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • OBSERVED FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING PREPARATION. OBSERVED WHOLE PRODUCE (TOMATOES, LETTUCE, LEMONS, ORANGES, MELON) ON SITE STORED IN THE WALK IN COOLER. ALSO OBSERVED EMPLOYEE CUTTING LETTUCE AND TOMATOES IN THE COOK LINE DURING INSPECTION. FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE APPROVAL TO SLICE PRODUCE ON SITE DUE TO LACK OF PRODUCE WASHING FACILITIES AND LACK OF DISH WASHING FACILITIES. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO CEASE PRODUCE SLICING AND REMOVE ALL WHOLE PRODUCE FROM LOCATION. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE PRE-SLICED PRODUCE FROM AN APPROVED COMMISSARY. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE CONDENSER UNIT INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST THE UNIT.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE CONDENSER UNIT INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST THE UNIT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CARBOARD BEING USED AS FLOOR COVERING IN THE COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE CARDBOARD AND MAINTAIN FLOORS TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CARBOARD BEING USED AS FLOOR COVERING IN THE COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE CARDBOARD AND MAINTAIN FLOORS TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was O'briens Restaurant last inspected?

O'briens Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to October 5, 2016.

O'briens Restaurant vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 48% 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 5, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.