Solstice A Chocolate Bar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 25, 2012
• address2666-2668 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614

Is Solstice A Chocolate Bar clean?

Solstice A Chocolate Bar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 25, 2012. 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 Solstice A Chocolate Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 25, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE WITH IMPROPER FINAL RINSE TEMPERATURE OF 105F AS DISPLAYED BY THERMOMETER GAUGE. MUST REPAIR THE GAUGES AND PROVIDE A FINAL RINSE TEMPERATURE OVER 180F AT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. PREMISES HAS 2- 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS TO WASH GLASSES AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL A COVER FOR THE ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR. MUST INSTALL A SPLASHGUARD FOR THE BAR EXPOSED HANDSINK BETWEEN THE HANDSINK AND THE ICE BIN. MUST PROVIDE FOOD STORAGE RACKS FOR THE WALK-IN COOLER.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL A COVER FOR THE ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR. MUST INSTALL A SPLASHGUARD FOR THE BAR EXPOSED HANDSINK BETWEEN THE HANDSINK AND THE ICE BIN. MUST PROVIDE FOOD STORAGE RACKS FOR THE WALK-IN COOLER.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST PROVIDE BASEBOARD ALONG WALL WHERE MISSING AND CEILING TILES WHERE MISSING IN THE RESTROOM HALLWAY.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST PROVIDE BASEBOARD ALONG WALL WHERE MISSING AND CEILING TILES WHERE MISSING IN THE RESTROOM HALLWAY.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL A PROPER MOP SINK IN THE CLOSET WITH NON-ABSORBENT WALL COVERING AND A ELEVATED THRESHOLD.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE WOOD AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FROM THE ELECTRICAL STORAGE ROOM.
• ⚠️Only Authorized Personnel In The Food-Prep Area • OBSERVED AN OPENING BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE BAR AND NORTH WALL WHERE PUBLIC AREA AND BAR/PREP AREA IS NOT PROTECTED. PREMISES WAS SUPPOSED TO INSTALL A DISPLAY CASE IN THIS AREA TO SEPARATE PUBLIC AREA FROM BAR/PREP AREA BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED YET. MUST PROVIDE A SEPARATION BETWEEN PUBLIC AREA AND BAR/PREP AREA.
  Only Authorized Personnel In The Food-Prep Area • OBSERVED AN OPENING BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE BAR AND NORTH WALL WHERE PUBLIC AREA AND BAR/PREP AREA IS NOT PROTECTED. PREMISES WAS SUPPOSED TO INSTALL A DISPLAY CASE IN THIS AREA TO SEPARATE PUBLIC AREA FROM BAR/PREP AREA BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED YET. MUST PROVIDE A SEPARATION BETWEEN PUBLIC AREA AND BAR/PREP AREA.

When was Solstice A Chocolate Bar last inspected?

Solstice A Chocolate Bar has 1 inspection on record going back to September 25, 2012.

Solstice A Chocolate Bar vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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 September 25, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.