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The Bookcellar
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 22, 2021
- address4736-4738 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
Is The Bookcellar clean?
The Bookcellar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 22, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at The Bookcellar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 22, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER PRESENT WHILE TCS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PREMISES SERVES COFFEE WITH MILK AND CREAMER AND ESPRESSO DRINKS. MANAGEMENT INTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010.
- ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2357169 ON 1/23/20 NOT CORRECTED: 57 - OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090.Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2357169 ON 1/23/20 NOT CORRECTED: 57 - OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090.
- ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY WAS POSTED AND VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-010(B).Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY WAS POSTED AND VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-010(B).
When was The Bookcellar last inspected?
The Bookcellar has 7 inspections on record going back to September 10, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 22, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 23, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 25, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions |
The Bookcellar vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 November 22, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.