Perennial Vibrant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 3, 2016
• address1800 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Perennial Vibrant clean?

Perennial Vibrant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 3, 2016. 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 Perennial Vibrant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Inspector Comments: MUST INVERT GLASS WEAR ON DINING TABLES AND DISPLAY SHELVES.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Inspector Comments: MUST INVERT GLASS WEAR ON DINING TABLES AND DISPLAY SHELVES.
• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION FROM REPORT#1725229 2/25/16 #18 NOT CORRECTED.STILL FINDING BAR DINING AREA REVOLVING AND MAN DOOR ,EXIT DOOR FROM DINING AREA LEADING TO HOTEL AND HOTEL MAN DOORS AND REVOLVING DOORS HAS A APPX."3/4"ALONG BOTTOM.MUST RODENT PROOF DOORS TO BE TIGHT FITTING.MAINTENANCE PERSON ON SITE WENT TO HARDWARE STORE TO PURCHASE SWEEPS DURING INSPECTION.(CRITICAL 7-42-090)critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION FROM REPORT#1725229 2/25/16 #18 NOT CORRECTED.STILL FINDING BAR DINING AREA REVOLVING AND MAN DOOR ,EXIT DOOR FROM DINING AREA LEADING TO HOTEL AND HOTEL MAN DOORS AND REVOLVING DOORS HAS A APPX."3/4"ALONG BOTTOM.MUST RODENT PROOF DOORS TO BE TIGHT FITTING.MAINTENANCE PERSON ON SITE WENT TO HARDWARE STORE TO PURCHASE SWEEPS DURING INSPECTION.(CRITICAL 7-42-090)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Violation Codes: Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING HANDLES ON TOPSIDE LIDS OF PREP COOLERS IN 1ST FL. PREP AREA,WORN DOOR GASKETS ON ALL PREP COOLERS ON FOOD PREP LINE & SALAD COOLER.MUST REMOVE RUST FROM BASMENT PREP TABLES IN DISH WASHING AREA,PASTRY AREA,BASEMENT PASTRY ,MILK & DAIRY,BEER & WINE WALK IN COOLERS,DISH STORAGE SHELVES
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Violation Codes: Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING HANDLES ON TOPSIDE LIDS OF PREP COOLERS IN 1ST FL. PREP AREA,WORN DOOR GASKETS ON ALL PREP COOLERS ON FOOD PREP LINE & SALAD COOLER.MUST REMOVE RUST FROM BASMENT PREP TABLES IN DISH WASHING AREA,PASTRY AREA,BASEMENT PASTRY ,MILK & DAIRY,BEER & WINE WALK IN COOLERS,DISH STORAGE SHELVES
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN GREASE AND FOOD DEBRI FROM OVENS,FRYERS,DISH RACKS,FANGUARD COVERS IN BEER & WINE,PASTRY WALK IN COOLER
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN GREASE AND FOOD DEBRI FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES OF EQUIPMENT ON 1ST FL. PREP AREA AND BAR AREA,BASEMENT PREP AND DISH WASHING AREA,WALK IN COOLER AND ALL FLOOR DRAINS THROUGOUT PREMISES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN GREASE AND FOOD DEBRI FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES OF EQUIPMENT ON 1ST FL. PREP AREA AND BAR AREA,BASEMENT PREP AND DISH WASHING AREA,WALK IN COOLER AND ALL FLOOR DRAINS THROUGOUT PREMISES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Violation Codes: Inspector Comments: MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS LEADING TO BASEMENT.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING WALL TILES BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT ON 1ST FL PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN GREASE FROM FILTERS AND HOOD .MUST REMOVE RUST FROM VENTILATION VENTS IN 1ST FL. PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN DIRT BUILD UP FROM WALL BASES IN DINING AREA
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Violation Codes: Inspector Comments: MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS LEADING TO BASEMENT.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING WALL TILES BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT ON 1ST FL PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN GREASE FROM FILTERS AND HOOD .MUST REMOVE RUST FROM VENTILATION VENTS IN 1ST FL. PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN DIRT BUILD UP FROM WALL BASES IN DINING AREA
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED AND MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS AND LIGHTS IN 1ST FL. AND BASEMENT PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST INSTALL A HAND SINK IN BASEMENT PREP AREA ADJACENT TO PASTRY AREA NEAR TOILETROOMS WHERE I OBSERVED FOOD BEING PREPARED.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE 3- COMP SINK LEAKY PIPE AND FAUCET IN BASEMENT DISH WASHING AREA.MUST PLACE SMOKER UNDER VENTILATION HOOD.

When was Perennial Vibrant last inspected?

Perennial Vibrant has 16 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Perennial Vibrant 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 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 March 3, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.