United Center

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 17, 2016
• address1901 W Madison St, Chicago 60612

Is United Center clean?

United Center is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 17, 2016. 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 United Center?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 17, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: 5LBS. OF ROASTED TOMATO SALSA IN THE REACH IN COOLER AT THE BIG STAR #230. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 47.1F - 48.1F. 11 ITALIAN BEEF SANDWICHES AND 13 TURKEY SANDWICHES AT THE WEST SIDE DELI #316 AT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 45.0F - 48.0F. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED OF THE PRODUCT, A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 17LBS. VALUED AT $266. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • FOUND NO SOAP OR SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICES AT THE WEST SIDE DELI #316 FRONT EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SAID ITEMS FOR ADEQUATE AND PROPER HAND WASHING. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND ONE FRONT COUNTER AREA (IN THE BIG STAR #230 PREP AREA) ICE BIN MISSING COVER. MUST PROVIDE. MUST RECAULK AROUND THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA OF BIG STAR #114.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND ONE FRONT COUNTER AREA (IN THE BIG STAR #230 PREP AREA) ICE BIN MISSING COVER. MUST PROVIDE. MUST RECAULK AROUND THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA OF BIG STAR #114.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOUND BLACK SPOTS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE TUBING INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE IN THE LEGACY BURGER #213, LILLIE'S Q AND MRS. LEVY'S DELI #229. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND A MOLDY LOOKING SUBSTANCE ON THE WALL ABOVE THE MOP SINK IN THE CHICAGO DISH #305. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND A MOLDY LOOKING SUBSTANCE ON THE WALL ABOVE THE MOP SINK IN THE CHICAGO DISH #305. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND NO EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS IN THE FOLLOWING PREP AREAS: -LILLIE'S Q FRONT BEVERAGE AND FOOD SERVING AREA. -CHICAGO SAUSAGE SHOP #223 FRONT COUNTER FOOD/BEVERAGE SERVICE AREA. -MRS. LEVY'S DELI #229 FRONT COUNTER SERVING LINE. -BREAKAWAY #301 FRONT PREP AREA. -CHICAGO DISH #305 FRONT PREP AREA. -LEGACY BURGER #313 FRONT PREP, COOK AND SERVICE AREA. -FAST BREAK #317 FRONT PREP/SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK PER CITY CODE. MAINTAIN SAME.

When was United Center last inspected?

United Center has 15 inspections on record going back to February 25, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

United Center vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West 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 October 17, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.