The Players Club

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 14, 2012
• address2500 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60614

Is The Players Club clean?

The Players Club is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 14, 2012. 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 Players Club?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 14, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 60F. NO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE BEING STORED IN THE COOLER AT THIS TIME. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. MUST MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 40F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED EGGS AT 47.6F, MILK AT 44.9F, COTTAGE CHEESE AT 46.5F, CHEESE AT 53.0F, RANCH DRESSING AT 46.0F, CHORIZO AT 51.8F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 20# OF FOOD WORTH $150. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE. OBSERVED MOLD GROWTH ON INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF THE ICE MACHINE. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED WHEN I RETURNED TO FINISH WRITING THE REPORT ON 9/17/12. HELD FOR INSPECTION TAG REMOVED ON 9/17/12. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• ⚠️Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Properly Designed And Installed • BAR HANDSINK IS IN DISREPAIR. THE DRAIN LINE FOR THE SINK IS DISCONNECTED AND THERE IS A BUCKET UNDER THE SINK TO CATCH THE WATER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE HANDSINK BEHIND THE BAR. VIOLATION WAS CORRECTED UPON MY RETURN ON 9/17/12 TO FINISH WRITING THE REPORT. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Properly Designed And Installed • BAR HANDSINK IS IN DISREPAIR. THE DRAIN LINE FOR THE SINK IS DISCONNECTED AND THERE IS A BUCKET UNDER THE SINK TO CATCH THE WATER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE HANDSINK BEHIND THE BAR. VIOLATION WAS CORRECTED UPON MY RETURN ON 9/17/12 TO FINISH WRITING THE REPORT. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION FROM REPORT #154608 ON 11/1/10 NOT CORRECTED: 38/01 - MUST INSTALL DRAIN LINES TO WASTE WATER LINE ON BAR SODA GUN HOLDERS. VIOLATION WAS CORRECTED UPON MY RETURN ON 9/17/12 TO FINISH WRITING THE REPORT. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE THE RUSTED WIRE STORAGE RACKS IN THE PREP COOLER. PROVIDE ICE BIN COVERS FOR ALL ICE BINS BEHIND THE BAR.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE THE RUSTED WIRE STORAGE RACKS IN THE PREP COOLER. PROVIDE ICE BIN COVERS FOR ALL ICE BINS BEHIND THE BAR.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE SIDE OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS, INTERIOR OF PREP COOLERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE PREP AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE PREP AREA.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE THE BROKEN LIGHT SHIELD IN THE PREP AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL DRAIN LINES HOSES FROM COFFEE MACHINE TO A FLOOR DRAIN BEHIND THE BAR. INSTALL A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE FOR THE COFFEE MACHINE.

When was The Players Club last inspected?

The Players Club has 3 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2010.

The Players Club vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 September 14, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.