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Portage Bar And Grill
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 16, 2021
- address3930 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60641
Is Portage Bar And Grill clean?
Portage Bar And Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 16, 2021. 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 Portage Bar And Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O) FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP/ BAR AREA AND FLOORS IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. • 6-201.13 INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND RESEAL UNSEALED FLOOR BASEBOARD NEXT TO DEEP FRYER IN PREP/COOKING AREA.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 FOOD HANDLER WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 FOOD HANDLER WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 FOUND NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA 100-0367 ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSON WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
When was Portage Bar And Grill last inspected?
Portage Bar And Grill has 9 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 27, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| May 26, 2022 | — | |
| July 16, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 23, 2021 | — | |
| December 23, 2019 | — | |
| November 8, 2019 | — | |
| December 4, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 6, 2018 | Fail |
Portage Bar And Grill vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 July 16, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.