Portage Park Food + Spirits

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 20, 2020
• address4138 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60641
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Portage Park Food + Spirits clean?

Portage Park Food + Spirits is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 20, 2020. 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 Park Food + Spirits?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 20, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND PROVIDE CLEANING SUPPLIES KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MISSING VISIBLE THERMOMETER IN ONE OF THE REACH IN COOLER. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • MUST REMOVE AND CLEAN THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT,WITH DEAD SMALL ROACHES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE MOP SINK. MUST INSTALLED TO BE ABLE TO SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT, ALONG THE WALL BASE, ALL CORNER AND UNDER THE PALLETS WITH DIRT, DEBRIS, BROKEN LIGHT BULBS AND DUST ACCUMULATED. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • CEILING VENT COVER INSIDE THE WASHROOM,WITH DUST BUILD-UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NO PREVIOUS SUMMARY REPORT POSTED ON SITE FROM REPORT #1937880 DATED 6/30/16. INSTRUCTED TO POST/DISPLAY SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE CUSTOMER TO VIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-010(B). NEW SUMMARY REPORT PROVIDED TO POST.
  Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NO PREVIOUS SUMMARY REPORT POSTED ON SITE FROM REPORT #1937880 DATED 6/30/16. INSTRUCTED TO POST/DISPLAY SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE CUSTOMER TO VIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-010(B). NEW SUMMARY REPORT PROVIDED TO POST.

When was Portage Park Food + Spirits last inspected?

Portage Park Food + Spirits has 5 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2016.

Portage Park Food + Spirits 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.

Other spots in Portage Park

• ✓ Portage Park Food + Spirits
  clean · June 30, 2016
• ✓! Dollar Tree
  mid · April 14, 2020
• ✓ 6050
  clean · July 14, 2023
• ✓ Lake Effect Brewing Company
  clean · November 17, 2016
• ✓! Subway
  mid · February 19, 2019
• ✓ Twilight Lounge
  clean · August 18, 2017

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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 April 20, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.