The Fireplace Inn

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 10, 2015
• address1448-1450 N Wells St, Chicago 60610

Is The Fireplace Inn clean?

The Fireplace Inn is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 10, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Fireplace Inn?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 10, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED IN BOTH FRON BARS ON EXPOSED HAND SINKS AND DUMP SINK ADJACENT TO ICE MACHINE. OBSERVED RUSTY SHELF OF BASE OF FOOD PREPARATION TABLE CONTAINING SLICER. RESTORE SURFACE OF SHELF TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. OBSERVED GASKET TORN ON REACH IN REFRIGERATOR CONTIANING SALAD DRESSING AND BUTTER. OBSERVED FROZEN CONDENSATE ON WALK IN FREEZER. ONSERVED LEAKING CONDITION WITHIN REACH INREFRIGERATOR NEXT TO WALK IN FREEZER. OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON WLK IN FREEZER. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED IN BOTH FRON BARS ON EXPOSED HAND SINKS AND DUMP SINK ADJACENT TO ICE MACHINE. OBSERVED RUSTY SHELF OF BASE OF FOOD PREPARATION TABLE CONTAINING SLICER. RESTORE SURFACE OF SHELF TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. OBSERVED GASKET TORN ON REACH IN REFRIGERATOR CONTIANING SALAD DRESSING AND BUTTER. OBSERVED FROZEN CONDENSATE ON WALK IN FREEZER. ONSERVED LEAKING CONDITION WITHIN REACH INREFRIGERATOR NEXT TO WALK IN FREEZER. OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON WLK IN FREEZER. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED FAN COVERS WITH DIRT ACCUMULAION WITH REACH IN BEER COOLER. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS IN DISH ROOM AND KITHCEN WITH MISSING/CRAZED FLOOR TILES. OBSERVED FLOOR BEHIND COOKING LINE IN DISREPAIR. OBSERVED FLOOR IN KITHCEN IN NEED OF GROUT. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN FLOORS IN KITCHEN AND DISHROOM.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS IN DISH ROOM AND KITHCEN WITH MISSING/CRAZED FLOOR TILES. OBSERVED FLOOR BEHIND COOKING LINE IN DISREPAIR. OBSERVED FLOOR IN KITHCEN IN NEED OF GROUT. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN FLOORS IN KITCHEN AND DISHROOM.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED MISSING LIGHT SHEILD IN WALK INFREEZER. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED EXPOSED HANDSINK NEEDED ON COOKING LINE WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER SOAP AND PAPER TOWLES.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED REACH IN REFRIGERATORS THAT ARE NOT WORKING NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM PREMISES

When was The Fireplace Inn last inspected?

The Fireplace Inn has 1 inspection on record going back to November 10, 2015.

The Fireplace Inn vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln 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 November 10, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.