Venice Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedFebruary 4, 2016
• address233 S Wacker Dr, Chicago 60606

Is Venice Cafe clean?

Venice Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 4, 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 Venice Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • OBSERVED PREMISES PREP COOLER AT SANDWHICH PREP STATION MAINTAINING IMPROPER AIR TEMPERATURE OF 67.8F COOLER MUST MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW.COOLER WILL BE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION.MUST USE ADDITIONAL COOLER ON PREMISES THATS 40F OR BELOW.CRITICAL VIOLATION IDDUED 7-38-005A.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND FOODS STORED INSIDE PREP REACH IN COOLER,AND WALK IN COOLER MAINTAINED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES.APPOX 12LBS OF CHOPPED TOMATOES-57.8F,1LB COOKED SPINACH-60.4F,10LBS OF COOKED PORK SAUSAGE AND MUSHROOMS AT 46.8F.APPOX COST $100.00/23LBS WAS REMOVED AND DISCARDED BY MANAGER-CDI.COLD FOODS MUST BE MAINTAINED AT 40F OR BELOW.CRITICAL VIOLATION IDDUED 7-38-005A
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • OBSERVED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE BEING USE AT THIS TIME NOT MAINTAINED,(IE SANITIZING PROPERLY).CHEMICAL SANITIZER NOT RELEASING FROM TUBING INTO MACHINE DURING FINAL RINSE. MUST NOT USE .DISH MACHINE WILL BE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION.MUST USE 3- COMPARTMENT SINK TO WASH,RINSE, AND SANITIZE FOOD EQUIPMENT,DISHES AND UTENSILS.CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOUND PREPED AND COOKED FOODS NOT IN ORGINAL CONTAINER INSIDE COOLERS MUST BE LABLED AND DATED.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOUND PREPED AND COOKED FOODS NOT IN ORGINAL CONTAINER INSIDE COOLERS MUST BE LABLED AND DATED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • CEILING LIGHT IN REAR DISH AREA NOT SHIELDED.MUST INSTALL.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED 3-FOOD HANDLERS IN FOOD PREP AREAS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS.MUST PROVIDE.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED 3-FOOD HANDLERS IN FOOD PREP AREAS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS.MUST PROVIDE.

When was Venice Cafe last inspected?

Venice Cafe has 13 inspections on record going back to March 31, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Venice Cafe 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 February 4, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.