Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR HAND WASHING SINKS IN FRONT BAR AREA AND INSIDE WASHROOMS. M UST PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 10Priority
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A FEW EMPLOYEES PREPARING AND SERVING FOOD WITHOUT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.
  code 40
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES IN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
  code 41
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED GREASE ON SIDES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT ON MAIN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OUTSIDE GREASE CONTAINER NOT MAINTAINED. FOUND TO HAVE GREASE ENCRUSTED ON TOP LIP, LID AND SIDES AROUND CONTAINER. ALSO OBSERVED GREASE ON GROUND SORROUNDING GREASE CONTAINER. THIS IS A FOOD SOURCE FOR RODENTS AND OTHER PEST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(B). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 54
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DUST BUILD UP INSIDE WASHROOMS AND MAIN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED A FEW MISSING CEILING TILES ABOVE REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA AND ABOVE PREP COOLERS IN REAR KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION NOT WORKING PROPERLY IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 15, 2025: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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