Pillars Social Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 8, 2012
• address6800 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60626

Is Pillars Social Cafe clean?

Pillars Social Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 8, 2012. 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 Pillars Social Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 8, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE:FRESH EGGS AT TEMP OF 51.4F TO 55.9F; DICED HAM AT TEMP OF 56.9F; GRAVY FOR BISCUIT AT TEMP OF 63.9F. ALSO FOUND COOKED VEGETARIAN CHILI STORED INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER AT TEMP OF 47.6F,THIS PRODUCTS WAS COOKED ON 6-7-12. NO TEMPERATURE HOLDING OR COOLING METHOD BEING APPLIED,ALSO NO TIME AND TEMPERATURE LOGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED. POUNDS 36, VALUE 80 DOLLARS. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RELOCATE FOOD AND FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON SHELVES UNDER THE WASTE WATER PIPE IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RELOCATE FOOD AND FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON SHELVES UNDER THE WASTE WATER PIPE IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • SWEEP FLOOR IN BASEMENT AREA,WERE HOT WATER TANK IS INSTALLED,ALSO ELEVATE WHAT IS NEEDED OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL 6" ABOVE THE FLOOR. REMOVE DEBRIS FROM UNDER THE DISH MACHINE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • SWEEP FLOOR IN BASEMENT AREA,WERE HOT WATER TANK IS INSTALLED,ALSO ELEVATE WHAT IS NEEDED OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL 6" ABOVE THE FLOOR. REMOVE DEBRIS FROM UNDER THE DISH MACHINE.

When was Pillars Social Cafe last inspected?

Pillars Social Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2011.

Pillars Social Cafe vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 June 8, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.