Talbott Hotel

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 26, 2019
• address10-20 E Delaware St, Chicago 60611

Is Talbott Hotel clean?

Talbott Hotel is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 26, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Talbott Hotel?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2019, 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 • - NO VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • - NO VOMITOUS AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP WRITTEN POLICY AND PHYSICAL KIT ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • - OBSERVED AN OPEN QUART OF RANCID MILK IN A COOLER IN THE BASEMENT. THE MILK WAS SEPARATED, CURDLED, AND PRODUCED A SOUR SMELL AT TIME OF INSPECTION. FACILITY CORRECTED VIOLATION ON SITE BY VOLUNTARILY DISCARDING THE MILK WITH A VALUE OF $1.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION#:7-38.005. CITATION ISSUED.critical
  Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • - OBSERVED AN OPEN QUART OF RANCID MILK IN A COOLER IN THE BASEMENT. THE MILK WAS SEPARATED, CURDLED, AND PRODUCED A SOUR SMELL AT TIME OF INSPECTION. FACILITY CORRECTED VIOLATION ON SITE BY VOLUNTARILY DISCARDING THE MILK WITH A VALUE OF $1.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION#:7-38.005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • - OBSERVED A SLIGHT DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • - MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR DATE MARKING THE PREPARATION AND CONSUME BY/DISCARD DATE OF ALL REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS HELD OVER 24HRS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • - MUST PROVIDE CONSUMER ADVISORY (ON SITE), REMINDER (IN THE MENU), AND DISCLOSURE (BY THE FOOD ITEMS) FOR ALL UNDERCOOKED FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • - OBSERVED PREP COOLERS THROUGHOUT FACILITY WITHOUT A THERMOMETER. MUST PROVIDE AN EASILY READABLE AND CONSPICUOUSLY PLACED THERMOMETER INSIDE ALL COOLERS AND HOT HOLD UNITS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - MUST INVERT GLASSES FOR ALL PRESET TABLEWARE. • - OBSERVED CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND ARTICLES STORED DIRECTLY UNDER THE BASEMENT STAIRS. MUST REMOVE AND STORE IN A CLEAN, DRY PLACE, LOCATED AWAY FROM POTENTIAL CONTAMINATES. • - OBSERVED CLEAN POTS, PANS, DISHES, GLASSES STORED ON SHELVES IN THE PREP AREAS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. MUST INVERT TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - MUST INVERT GLASSES FOR ALL PRESET TABLEWARE. • - OBSERVED CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND ARTICLES STORED DIRECTLY UNDER THE BASEMENT STAIRS. MUST REMOVE AND STORE IN A CLEAN, DRY PLACE, LOCATED AWAY FROM POTENTIAL CONTAMINATES. • - OBSERVED CLEAN POTS, PANS, DISHES, GLASSES STORED ON SHELVES IN THE PREP AREAS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. MUST INVERT TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • - OBSERVED THE CUTTING BOARD IN THE 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA WITH LARGE DEEP BLACK GROOVES. MUST REPLACE, OR RESURFACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • - OBSERVED NO TEST STRIPS ON SITE FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK FULL OF QUATS SANITIZER AT TIME OF INSPECTION. FACILITY CORRECTED VIOLATION ON SITE BY PROVIDING CHLORINE TEST STRIPS AND CHANGING THE 3 COMP SINK SANITIZER TO BLEACH AT 100PPM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • - OBSERVED NO TEST STRIPS ON SITE FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK FULL OF QUATS SANITIZER AT TIME OF INSPECTION. FACILITY CORRECTED VIOLATION ON SITE BY PROVIDING CHLORINE TEST STRIPS AND CHANGING THE 3 COMP SINK SANITIZER TO BLEACH AT 100PPM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • - OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF ICE BUILDUP INSIDE THE FREEZER IN THE BAR AREA. MUST REMOVE EXCESS ICE, DETAIL CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • - MUST INSTALL A PREP SINK IN THE 1ST FLOOR FOOD PREP AREA. • - OBSERVED THE DRAIN PIPE OF THE SINKS IN THE BAR AREA SLIGHTLY LEAKING ONTO FLOOR. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAIN AND PIPE CONNECTION.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • - OBSERVED SOME EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT HANDLE FOOD.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • - OBSERVED SOME EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT HANDLE FOOD.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • - MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGERS.

When was Talbott Hotel last inspected?

Talbott Hotel has 13 inspections on record going back to May 5, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Talbott Hotel 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 7% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ The Talbott Hotel
  clean · May 12, 2015
• ✓ Texas De Brazil
  clean · March 13, 2020
• ✓ Texas De Brazil
  clean · August 20, 2015
• ✓ Three Arts Club Cafe
  clean · January 13, 2026
• ✓ Three Arts Club Cafe
  clean · September 15, 2015
• ✓ Hq Beercade
  clean · May 6, 2015

See every restaurant inspection in Near North Side →

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 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.