Vinyl

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 28, 2015
• address121 W Hubbard St, Chicago 60654

Is Vinyl clean?

Vinyl is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 28, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Vinyl?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • FOUND BOTTLED WINE STORED ON THE CONSUMMABLE ICE ON THE ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR. SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. CONSUMMABLE ICE ARE CONTAMINATED WITH BOTTLED WINE. CITATION ISSUED CRITICAL 7-38-005(A). MANAGER REMOVED THE BOTTLED WINE AND DISCARDED ALL THE CONSUMMABLE ICE DURING INSPECTION.critical
  Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • FOUND BOTTLED WINE STORED ON THE CONSUMMABLE ICE ON THE ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR. SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. CONSUMMABLE ICE ARE CONTAMINATED WITH BOTTLED WINE. CITATION ISSUED CRITICAL 7-38-005(A). MANAGER REMOVED THE BOTTLED WINE AND DISCARDED ALL THE CONSUMMABLE ICE DURING INSPECTION.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL FOOD CONTAINERS WITH READY TO EAT FOOD INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND REACH IN COOLER MUST BE LABELED AND DATED. ALSO ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH NAME OF THE PRODUCT.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL FOOD CONTAINERS WITH READY TO EAT FOOD INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND REACH IN COOLER MUST BE LABELED AND DATED. ALSO ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH NAME OF THE PRODUCT.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE LIDS FOR THE ICE BINS WITH CONSUMMABLE ICE BEHIND THE BAR IN THE FIRST FLOOR AND BASEMENT.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE LIDS FOR THE ICE BINS WITH CONSUMMABLE ICE BEHIND THE BAR IN THE FIRST FLOOR AND BASEMENT.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB ON THE HOOD/CANOPY IN THE COOK LINE. MUST REPLACE LIGHT BULB.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED ON A SEPARATE CONTAINER (NOT ON THE ICE INSIDE THE ICE BIN) BEHIND THE BAR.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED ON A SEPARATE CONTAINER (NOT ON THE ICE INSIDE THE ICE BIN) BEHIND THE BAR.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST ENROLL ONLINE TO GET A FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST ENROLL ONLINE TO GET A FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE.

When was Vinyl last inspected?

Vinyl has 8 inspections on record going back to January 19, 2012.

Vinyl vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Red Violet
  clean · January 19, 2012
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• ✓ Afc Sushi @ Dominick's #2153
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• ✓ Millenium Dogs
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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 January 28, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.