Tailgators

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 7, 2012
• address6726 N Northwest Hwy, Chicago 60631

Is Tailgators clean?

Tailgators is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 7, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tailgators?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 7, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Walk in cooler shelving that had rust, shall be replaced/repaired.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Walk in cooler shelving that had rust, shall be replaced/repaired.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Cooler shelving, walk in cooler shelving not clean needs cleaning.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in rear storage areas under shelving needs cleaning.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in rear storage areas under shelving needs cleaning.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Missing light shields in rear storage areas shall be provided.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Exhaust vents(ventilation) in walk in cooler not clean need cleaning.

When was Tailgators last inspected?

Tailgators has 3 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2010.

Tailgators vs Edison Park

Edison Park runs 68% clean across 114 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 22 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 114 spots Cooked tracks in Edison Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 March 7, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.