Safehouse

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 6, 2019
• address60 E Ontario St, Chicago 60611

Is Safehouse clean?

Safehouse is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 6, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Safehouse?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS FOODS AT THE FOLLOWING IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: MAYONNAISE AT 48.0F, BRIE CHEESE AT 58.3F, BACON JAM AT 58.5F, AND CUT TOMATOES AT 46.4F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 4LBS OF PRODUCTS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $40. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY ITEMS AT OR BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOXES AND EQUIPMENT BEING STORED ON FLOOR OF DRY STORAGE ROOM LOCATED NEAR TRASH COMPACTOR ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AND REMOVE ANY UNNEEDED ITEMS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOXES AND EQUIPMENT BEING STORED ON FLOOR OF DRY STORAGE ROOM LOCATED NEAR TRASH COMPACTOR ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AND REMOVE ANY UNNEEDED ITEMS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CAN OPENER COVERED WITH FOOD DEBRIS IN REAR PREP KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO IRREVERSIBLE THERMOMETERS ON SITE FOR MEASURING INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN IRREVERSIBLE THERMOMETERS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO IRREVERSIBLE THERMOMETERS ON SITE FOR MEASURING INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN IRREVERSIBLE THERMOMETERS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CAULK ON 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR PREP AREA DISH SINK COVERED IN BLACK SLIME. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN.

When was Safehouse last inspected?

Safehouse has 8 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2017.

Safehouse vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 November 6, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.