The Irish Oak

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 25, 2021
• address3511 N Clark St, Chicago 60657

Is The Irish Oak clean?

The Irish Oak is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 25, 2021. 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 Irish Oak?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • THE PERSON IN CHARGE DOES NOT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE WAS POSTED ON THE PREMISES OR SUCH A PERSON ON-SITE WHILE TCS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INTERIOR METAL BARRIER OF THE INSIDE ICE BIN WITH SOME DIRT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • SHELVING INSIDE THE BASEMENT LINEN CLOSET WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.----WOODEN WHISKEY BARREL USED AS A BATHROOM WASHBOWL CABINET NOTED IN POOR REPAIR WITH RUSTED METAL AND WATER DAMAGED WOOD. MUST REPAIR TO BE CLEANABLE.----RAW WOODEN SHELVING IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM WITH WATER DAMAGE. MUST REPLACE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED THE FLOORS WERE DIRTY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: UNDER THE FRONT BAR AND BAR THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK. UNDER THE BASEMENT METAL RACK SHELVING FOR DRY FOOD STORAGE. INSIDE THE BASEMENT LINEN CLOSET. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.

When was The Irish Oak last inspected?

The Irish Oak has 16 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Irish Oak 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.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ 7-Eleven
  cooked · January 17, 2013
• ? Cubbie Doggs
  cooked · December 4, 2014
• ✓ Galway Bay
  clean · May 13, 2010
• ✓ Addison Liquors
  clean · March 3, 2017
• ? T & S Fast Foods
  cooked · December 2, 2014
• ✓ Sopranos
  cooked · March 9, 2012

See every restaurant inspection in Lake View →

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 August 25, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.