Uptown Underground

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 24, 2018
• address4703-4713 N Broadway, Chicago 60640
• cuisineTheater

Is Uptown Underground clean?

Uptown Underground is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 24, 2018. 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 Uptown Underground?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED CRACKS ON WALLS AND UNDERNEATH THE STAIRWAY AT THE REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN CRACKS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED NO ICE SCOOP HOLDER AVAILABLE TO SCOOP ICE AT THE BAR OR ICE MACHINE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN ICE SCOOP HOLDER.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NOTED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION FOLLOWING THE NEW CODE AND GUIDELINES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATIONS ISSUED AT THIS TIME.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • ESTABLISHMENT UNABLE TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING UP VOMITING AND DIARRHEA AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED TODAY.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED A HAND WASH SINK BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH NO SPLASH GUARD AT THE FRONT BAR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED A HAND WASH SINK BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH NO SPLASH GUARD AT THE FRONT BAR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD.

When was Uptown Underground last inspected?

Uptown Underground has 3 inspections on record going back to January 2, 2015.

Uptown Underground vs Uptown

Uptown runs 37% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 267 clean, 61 mid, 392 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Uptown

• ✓! Heritage Outpost
  cooked · June 17, 2020
• ✓ Uptown Quick Stop
  cooked · December 11, 2014
• ✓ North Garden
  cooked · January 19, 2018
• ✓ Ashland Mart
  clean · December 11, 2014
• ✓ Uptown Arcade
  clean · January 5, 2016
• ✓ Riques Cocina Mexicana
  cooked · February 11, 2016

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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 July 24, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.