Odyssey Cruises

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 21, 2019
• address600 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Odyssey Cruises clean?

Odyssey Cruises is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 21, 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 Odyssey Cruises?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • - MUST INSTALL A HANDWASH SINK IN THE DISHWASHING AREA AND IN THE LOWER GALLEY REAR PREP AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • - OBSERVED DEAD FLIES IN THE EMPLOYEE MEN'S TOILET ROOM. MUST REMOVE FLIES, DETAIL CLEAN AREA AND MAINTAIN. -
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • - OBSERVED THE HANDWASH SINK AT THE 2ND FL BAR IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO CLEAN UTENSILS AND MUST BE "REACHED" OVER TO USE HANDWASH SINK. INSTRUCTED TO SWITCH THE DUMP SINK AND THE HANDWASH SINK TO PREVENT POTENTIAL SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION DURING HANDWASHING. -
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • - OBSERVED THE HANDWASH SINK AT THE 2ND FL BAR IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO CLEAN UTENSILS AND MUST BE "REACHED" OVER TO USE HANDWASH SINK. INSTRUCTED TO SWITCH THE DUMP SINK AND THE HANDWASH SINK TO PREVENT POTENTIAL SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION DURING HANDWASHING. -
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • - MUST INSTALL A PREP/DUMP SINK IN THE SERVER COFFEE PREP STATIONS. - • - OBSERVED A LEAK COMING FROM THE SIDE OF THE DISH MACHINE IN THE KITCHEN. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. -
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • - MUST PROVIDE COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLES IN THE EMPLOYEE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOMS. -
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • - MUST PROVIDE COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLES IN THE EMPLOYEE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOMS. -
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • - OBSERVED EXCESSIVE STANDING WATER IN THE DISHWASH AREA IN THE KITCHEN AND IN THE EMPLOYEE MEN'S TOILET ROOM. MUST REMOVE STANDING WATER, DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. -
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • - OBSERVED SOME FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES EXPIRED. MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • - OBSERVED SOME FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES EXPIRED. MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -

When was Odyssey Cruises last inspected?

Odyssey Cruises has 12 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2010.

Odyssey Cruises 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 August 21, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.