Printer's Row Brewing

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 30, 2021
• address4801 N Austin Ave, Chicago 60630
• cuisineLiquor

Is Printer's Row Brewing clean?

Printer's Row Brewing is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 30, 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 Printer's Row Brewing?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 30, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO KIT AND PROCEDURE ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA. LEFT ONE PAGER AND INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN KIT AND PROCEDURE WITH ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES INCLUDING A SANITIZER RATED AS EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED LARGE KETTLES UNABLE TO BE SUBMERGED IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CREATE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR WASHING KETTLES AND KEEP ON SITE.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED LARGE KETTLES UNABLE TO BE SUBMERGED IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CREATE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR WASHING KETTLES AND KEEP ON SITE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLES INSIDE BOTH UNISEX TOILET ROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLES INSIDE BOTH UNISEX TOILET ROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED OUTDOOR DUMPSTERS STORED ON PLYWOOD BOARDS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE OUTDOOR GARBAGE CONTAINERS ON DURABLE, NONABSORBENT MATERIALS.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED OUTDOOR DUMPSTERS STORED ON PLYWOOD BOARDS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE OUTDOOR GARBAGE CONTAINERS ON DURABLE, NONABSORBENT MATERIALS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNFINISHED WALKWAYS, WALLS, AND STEP ON TOP OF WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED EXPOSED RAFTERS ABOVE BAR AND BEER BREWING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT. • OBSERVED EXPOSED BRICK WALLS IN BAR AND BEER BREWING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD, SUCH AS ICE AND BEVERAGES, MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD, SUCH AS ICE AND BEVERAGES, MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE.

When was Printer's Row Brewing last inspected?

Printer's Row Brewing has 1 inspection on record going back to March 30, 2021.

Printer's Row Brewing 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 March 30, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.