Urban Renewal Brewery

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 19, 2021
• address5121 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago 60640
• cuisineTavern

Is Urban Renewal Brewery clean?

Urban Renewal Brewery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 19, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Urban Renewal Brewery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 19, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NEED TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINK AT BREWERY PRODUCTION
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 A SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED BETWEEN THE HANDWASHING SINK AND THE THREE-COMPARTMENT AT THE BAR AREA. THE SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. • 3-305.11 PIPE ABOVE HIGH TEMP DISHMACHINE MUST BE ENCASED.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 A SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED BETWEEN THE HANDWASHING SINK AND THE THREE-COMPARTMENT AT THE BAR AREA. THE SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. • 3-305.11 PIPE ABOVE HIGH TEMP DISHMACHINE MUST BE ENCASED.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 ALL BREWER UNITS WITH EXCESS DUST, AT BREWERY AREA.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • 5-402.12 NO GREASE TRAP PROVIDED ON SITE UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT AT BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AT SAID AREA
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • 5-402.12 NO GREASE TRAP PROVIDED ON SITE UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT AT BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AT SAID AREA
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 OBSERVED BRICK WALLS BEHIND BAR AND AT PRODUCTION BREWERY ARE NOT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MUST SEAL HOLES AROUND PIPE AT BAR AREA, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. OBSERVED EXPANDING SPRAY FOAM USED AS A SEALANT FOR OPENINGS ON FLOOR BETWEEN WALL AND FLOOR OF INTERIOR OF WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REMOVE TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. MISSING COVING/BASEBOARD WALL BEHIND BAR AREA • 6-501.114 EXCESS UNUSED ITEMS AT REAR STORAGE BY THE BAR AND AT THE PRODUCTION BREWERY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND ELEVATE ITEMS NEEDED 6" OFF THE FLOOR. REMOVE SPIDER WEBS THROUGHOUT THE BREWERY PRODUCTION AREA.

When was Urban Renewal Brewery last inspected?

Urban Renewal Brewery has 3 inspections on record going back to July 15, 2021.

Urban Renewal Brewery vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 July 19, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.