Wellsey Tavern

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Official wording: Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
  Inspector note: PERSON IN CHARGE NOT DEMONSTRATING KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH CODE.
  code 1Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: NO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE WHILE HANDLING AND SERVING TCS FOODS ( STEAMING MILK AT CAFE ), NO CERTIFICATE POSTED. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012.
  code 2Priority
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp
  Inspector note: OBSERVED VACUUM PACKAGED FOODS IN WALK-IN/ PREP COOLERS THAT WERE PACKAGED ON SITE WITHOUT DEPT OF HEALTH APPROVAL. MACHINE IS TAGGED NOT ALLOWED TO USE. MUST CONTACT THE OFFICE OF CDPH FOR FURTHER INQUIRY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 29
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods
  Inspector note: REFER TO VIOLATION #29
  code 32
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: CLEAN CUTTING BOARD STORED ON FLOOR, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP 6" OFF FLOOR.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: CHIPPED DRY WALL BEHIND CLEAN POT AND PANS IN DRY STORAGE ROOM, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A DURABLE SMOOTH SURFACE.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR FOOD SERVICE MANAGER, INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 3, 2018: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 6 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Near North Side

• ✓ Yours Truly
  clean · 611-613 N Wells St · inspected July 3, 2018
• ✓! Gilt Bar/ Doughnut Vault/ Ciccio Mio
  mid · 226-230 W Kinzie St · inspected March 10, 2026
• ✓ Gilt Bar/ Doughnut Vault/ Ciccio Mio
  clean · 226-230 W Kinzie St · inspected February 22, 2018
• ✓! Cupitol Coffee . Eatery
  mid · 455 E Illinois St · inspected July 17, 2025
• ✓ Cupitol Coffee . Eatery
  clean · 455 E Illinois St · inspected March 14, 2017
• ✓ Teavana #28346
  cooked · 835 N Michigan Ave · inspected October 11, 2016

See every restaurant in Near North Side →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.