Phlavz Bar & Grille

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 2, 2025
• address717 W Maxwell St, Chicago 60607

Is Phlavz Bar & Grille clean?

Phlavz Bar & Grille is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Phlavz Bar & Grille?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER PRESENT WHILE TCS FOODS (CHICKEN AT 168F) WAS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKETS AT BOTH DOORS OF THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE DRAIN LINE OF THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING BEHIND THE BAR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITH AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW VALID PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITH AN EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW VALID PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.

When was Phlavz Bar & Grille last inspected?

Phlavz Bar & Grille has 13 inspections on record going back to December 30, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Phlavz Bar & Grille vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

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  clean · May 28, 2021
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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 December 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.