Roost Chicken & Biscuits

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 10, 2024
• address455 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60654

Is Roost Chicken & Biscuits clean?

Roost Chicken & Biscuits is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 10, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Roost Chicken & Biscuits?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO DISCLOSURE STATING THAT ANIMAL DERIVED FOOD IS SERVED COOKED TO ORDER. DISCLOSURE STATING THAT ANIMAL DERIVED FOOD IS SERVED COOKED TO ORDER ADDED TO MENU BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO TEST KIT ON PREMISES FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SANITIZING SOLUTION. QUATERNARY AMMONIUM TEST KIT DELIVERED TO FACILITY BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO TEST KIT ON PREMISES FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SANITIZING SOLUTION. QUATERNARY AMMONIUM TEST KIT DELIVERED TO FACILITY BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ICE MACHINE IN DISHWASHING AREA WITH A BLACK SUBSTANCE ON BLUE LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER SIDES OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN BLUE LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER SIDES OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF ICE. • OBSERVED GREASE AND DUST ON UPPER NORTHSIDE SHELF ON WALL IN DISHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UPPER NORTHSIDE SHELF ON WALL IN DISHROOM.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO SERVICE SINK IN FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AT LEAST 1 SERVICE SINK OR CURBED CLEANING FACILITY EQUIPPED WITH A FLOOR DRAIN SHALL BE PROVIDED AND CONVENIENTLY LOCATED FOR THE CLEANING OF MOPS OR SIMILAR WET FLOOR CLEANING TOOLS AND FOR DISPOSAL OF MOP WATER AND SIMILAR LIQUID WASTE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED SELF CLOSING DOOR OF ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM NOT TIGHT FITTING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SELF CLOSING DOOR OF ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM SO THAT IT SHALL BE TIGHT FITTING.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED SELF CLOSING DOOR OF ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM NOT TIGHT FITTING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SELF CLOSING DOOR OF ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM SO THAT IT SHALL BE TIGHT FITTING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BLACK BUILDUP ON WALLS ABOVE AND TO THE RIGHT OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. OBSERVED BLACK BUILDUP ON FLOORS AND ALONG BASES OF WALL UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SAID AREAS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR TWO OF NINE EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR TWO OF NINE EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING TRAINING FOR ONE OF TWO EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATION.

When was Roost Chicken & Biscuits last inspected?

Roost Chicken & Biscuits has 13 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Roost Chicken & Biscuits 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 0% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

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  clean · October 6, 2015
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• ✓ Snap Kitchen
  cooked · September 22, 2015
• ✓ Terry's Toffee
  cooked · August 29, 2016
• ✓ Bank Of America
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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 10, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.