Trader Mike

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 14, 2011
• address400 S Financial Pl, Chicago 60605

Is Trader Mike clean?

Trader Mike is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 14, 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 Trader Mike?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 14, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. RUSTY SHELVES IN PREP AND WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. RUSTY SHELVES IN PREP AND WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT PREP AREA, MISSING BASEBOARD THROUGH OUT REAR PREP AREA, STAINED AND MOLDY WALLS BEHIND DISH WASHING SINK. MUST REPAIR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT PREP AREA, MISSING BASEBOARD THROUGH OUT REAR PREP AREA, STAINED AND MOLDY WALLS BEHIND DISH WASHING SINK. MUST REPAIR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. DIRTY WALLS AND CABINETS AND FOOD EQUIPMENT THROUGH OUT, MUST CLEAN. • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. HEAVY DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING VENTS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. DIRTY WALLS AND CABINETS AND FOOD EQUIPMENT THROUGH OUT, MUST CLEAN. • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. HEAVY DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING VENTS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. MISSING SHIELD AT CEILNG LIGHT FIXTURE, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL FOR PREP AREA LIGHTS
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline. VENTILATION INSIDE TOILET ROOM NOT WORKING, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • Cleaning equipment shall be properly stored away from food, utensils, equipment, and clean linens. CLUTTER AND SEVERAL BROKEN COOLERS IN KITCHEN, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND BETTER ORGANIZE.

When was Trader Mike last inspected?

Trader Mike has 2 inspections on record going back to December 14, 2011.

Trader Mike vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 14, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.