Tapworks Tavern & Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 10, 2017
• address820 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago 60607

Is Tapworks Tavern & Grill clean?

Tapworks Tavern & Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 10, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tapworks Tavern & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUSTY WIRE SHELVING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO RESEAL OR REPLACE, AND BETTER MAINTAIN,
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUSTY WIRE SHELVING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO RESEAL OR REPLACE, AND BETTER MAINTAIN,
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INTERIOR OF HOT BOX NOT IN USE, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN OR REMOVE FROM PREMISES,
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN KITCHEN AND BASEMENT AREAS, UNDER AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT, ALSO IN WALK-IN BEER COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND BETTER MAINTAIN DAILY,
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN KITCHEN AND BASEMENT AREAS, UNDER AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT, ALSO IN WALK-IN BEER COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND BETTER MAINTAIN DAILY,
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • LEAKING FAUCETS AT EXPOSED HAND SINK SERVICE AREA IN FRONT OF PREP STATION, AND LOW HOT WATER PRESSURE AT EXPOSED HAND SINK AT PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND BETTER MAINTAIN,
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • BASEMENT STORAGE AREA CLUTTERED NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND BETTER MAINTAIN DAILY,
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • Any food handler working in the City of Chicago, unless that person has a valid Food Service Sanitation Manager Certificate is required to meet the food handler training requirement. If someone working in a facility that is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed, they too must have food handler training.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • Any food handler working in the City of Chicago, unless that person has a valid Food Service Sanitation Manager Certificate is required to meet the food handler training requirement. If someone working in a facility that is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed, they too must have food handler training.

When was Tapworks Tavern & Grill last inspected?

Tapworks Tavern & Grill has 9 inspections on record going back to January 20, 2015.

Tapworks Tavern & Grill vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 10, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.