Three Aces is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 28, 2013. 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 Three Aces?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 28, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INTEROIR AND EXTERIOR OF COFFEE MAKER , MICRO WAVE , MIXER HAVE BUILD UP OF GRIME. MUST DETAIL CLEAN.INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLER AND FREEZER HAVE BUILD UP OF GRIME . COLD HOLD UNIT ALSO HAVE BUILD UP OF GRIME. MUST DETAIL CLEAN.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INTEROIR AND EXTERIOR OF COFFEE MAKER , MICRO WAVE , MIXER HAVE BUILD UP OF GRIME. MUST DETAIL CLEAN.INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLER AND FREEZER HAVE BUILD UP OF GRIME . COLD HOLD UNIT ALSO HAVE BUILD UP OF GRIME. MUST DETAIL CLEAN.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR UNDER HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT HAVE BUILD UP OF GREASE AND GRIME. MUST DETAIL CLEAN.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR UNDER HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT HAVE BUILD UP OF GREASE AND GRIME. MUST DETAIL CLEAN.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • EXHAUST HOOD OVER STOVE AND GRILL HAVE BUILD UP OF GREASE. MUST DETAIL CLEAN. ALSO MUST PROVIDE COVES/WALL BOARD ALONG WALLS IN PREP/KITCHEN AND DINING AREA.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • EXHAUST HOOD OVER STOVE AND GRILL HAVE BUILD UP OF GREASE. MUST DETAIL CLEAN. ALSO MUST PROVIDE COVES/WALL BOARD ALONG WALLS IN PREP/KITCHEN AND DINING AREA.
⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NEED TO PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETER.
Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NEED TO PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETER.
When was Three Aces last inspected?
Three Aces has 3 inspections on record going back to December 10, 2012.
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 June 28, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.