The Hidden Shamrock

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 1, 2019
• address2723 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614

Is The Hidden Shamrock clean?

The Hidden Shamrock is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 1, 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 Hidden Shamrock?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 1, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HOT WATER AT HAND SINK IN REAR BAR AREA. AT TIME OF INSPECTION HOT WATER LINE WAS TURNED OFF. INFORMED MANAGER THAT HAND SINKS MUST HAVE HOT WATER AT A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 100F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR BEFORE RE INSPECTION DATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-030(C) MANAGER CORRECTED VIOLATION DURING INSPECTION. CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRY STORAGE GOODS, PAPER NAPKINS, TO GO CONTAINERS, ETC. STORED UNDERNEATH GALVANIZED WASTE PIPE IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RELOCATE SAID ITEMS OR ENCASE PIPE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRY STORAGE GOODS, PAPER NAPKINS, TO GO CONTAINERS, ETC. STORED UNDERNEATH GALVANIZED WASTE PIPE IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RELOCATE SAID ITEMS OR ENCASE PIPE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO DUMP SINK AT: FRONT AND BACK BAR AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL A MINIMUM OF 1 DUMP SINK AT SAID AREAS FOR DISPOSAL OF LIQUID WASTE, ICE, ETC. AT SAID LOCATIONS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • UNABLE TO IDENTIFY BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON MOP SINK FAUCET IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO IDENTIFY AND OR INSTALL BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON MOP SINK FAUCET. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED SMALL LEAK AT HOT WATER INLET PIPE AT BACK BAR AREA HAND SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED LARGE CRACK IN MOP SINK BASIN IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REMOVE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED NO CEILING ATTACHED TO AREA IN BEVERAGE CAGE LOCATED IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA, EXPOSING STUDS, RAFTERS AND JOISTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL CEILING IN SAID AREA AND ENSURE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was The Hidden Shamrock last inspected?

The Hidden Shamrock has 19 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Hidden Shamrock vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 March 1, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.