The Whiskey Bar & Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 7, 2011
• address21 E Bellevue Pl, Chicago 60611

Is The Whiskey Bar & Grill clean?

The Whiskey Bar & Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 7, 2011. 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 Whiskey Bar & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 7, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOLLOWING NEED CLEANING: CABINETS & INTERIOR OF SINKS AT THE SMALL BAR; INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE-DUE TO FOOD DEBRIS/DUST/DIRT. All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CHIPPED PAINT ON WALLS AROUND THE COFFEE STATION, HALLWAY TO THE KITCHEN & DRY STORAGE AREAS MUST BE RE-SEALED (TO MAKE SMOOTH/EASILY CLEANABLE). The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CHIPPED PAINT ON WALLS AROUND THE COFFEE STATION, HALLWAY TO THE KITCHEN & DRY STORAGE AREAS MUST BE RE-SEALED (TO MAKE SMOOTH/EASILY CLEANABLE). The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOLLOWING PLUMBING ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED: PIPE UNDER 3-COMP SINK, BOTTOM PART OF THE DRAIN AT THE SCRAPER SINK & WATER SUPPLY LINE OF THE SPRAYER SINK OF THE DISHMACHINE (2ND FLOOR DISHROOM). Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.

When was The Whiskey Bar & Grill last inspected?

The Whiskey Bar & Grill has 3 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2011.

The Whiskey Bar & Grill vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 7, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.