Serbian Village Bar & Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 29, 2021
• address3142-3144 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60618

Is Serbian Village Bar & Grill clean?

Serbian Village Bar & Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 29, 2021. 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 Serbian Village Bar & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 29, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO VERIFIABLE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. LEFT TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COPIES OF HEALTH POLICY SIGNED BY ALL EMPLOYEES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BROKEN LOCK ON STALL IN MEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SLOW DRAINING EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION. • OBSERVED NO GREASE TRAP ATTACHED TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN MAIN FOOD PREP AREA OPPOSITE GRILLS. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL RELEVANT LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF DEBRISS UNDERNEATH STAIRS TO BASEMENT AND HEAVY BUILD UP OF DUST, DIRT, AND FOUL ODOR IN LIQUOR ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDTION.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED 1 EMPLOYEE WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED 1 EMPLOYEE WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATES MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

When was Serbian Village Bar & Grill last inspected?

Serbian Village Bar & Grill has 17 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Serbian Village Bar & Grill vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Irving Park

• ? Julie's Grocery Store
  cooked · April 19, 2011
• ? Mr Dipp
  cooked · May 5, 2011
• ✓ Taqueria El Primo
  cooked · May 21, 2010
• ? Sunrise Discount Market Place Inc.
  cooked · June 1, 2011
• ✓ Flying Chicken
  cooked · March 27, 2014
• ? Pomera Bakery
  cooked · December 5, 2011

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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 December 29, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.