Steve's Place

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 11, 2014
• address230 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60610

Is Steve's Place clean?

Steve's Place is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 11, 2014. 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 Steve's Place?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE WIRE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, FAN COVERS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, AND DRY STORAGE SHELVES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLER.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WATER LEAKING INTO A BUCKET FROM THE CEILING ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR THE SOURCE OF THE WATER LEAK. REMOVE THE SPIDERWEBS FROM THE BASEMENT WALLS AND CEILING.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WATER LEAKING INTO A BUCKET FROM THE CEILING ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR THE SOURCE OF THE WATER LEAK. REMOVE THE SPIDERWEBS FROM THE BASEMENT WALLS AND CEILING.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • 2 SINK STOPPERS WERE MISSING AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE. OBSERVED A DRAIN LINE WATER LEAK BELOW THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR.

When was Steve's Place last inspected?

Steve's Place has 5 inspections on record going back to January 14, 2010.

Steve's Place 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 0% 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 June 11, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.