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The Everest Room
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 12, 2019
- address440 S La Salle St, Chicago 60605
Is The Everest Room clean?
The Everest Room is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 12, 2019. 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 The Everest Room?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 12, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • FOUND SHELLSTOCK TAG WITHOUT DATE WHEN LAST SHELLSTOCK WAS SERVED OR SOLD. THE DATE WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED SHALL BE RECORDED ON THE TAG OR LABEL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.criticalRequired Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • FOUND SHELLSTOCK TAG WITHOUT DATE WHEN LAST SHELLSTOCK WAS SERVED OR SOLD. THE DATE WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED SHALL BE RECORDED ON THE TAG OR LABEL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 📄consumer advisory missingConsumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED RAW OYSTERS ON MENU SAID ITEM CAN BE ORDERED UNDER COOKED. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE FOOTNOTE, DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER FOR MENU ITEMS THAT CAN BE ORDERED UNDER COOKED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND HANDWASHING SINK IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS PROFUSELY LEAKING FROM DRAIN PIPE : PARTY KITCHEN AND UPSTAIRS EMPLOYEE WASHROOM.
When was The Everest Room last inspected?
The Everest Room has 13 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| December 12, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 6, 2019 | — | |
| May 10, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 21, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 23, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 1, 2010 | Pass |
The Everest Room vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 December 12, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.