Windy City Burger

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 17, 2011
• address3109 N Halsted St, Chicago 60657

Is Windy City Burger clean?

Windy City Burger is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 17, 2011. 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 Windy City Burger?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • All employees who handle food shall wash their hands as often as necessary to maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and should conform to hygienic practices prescribed by the Board of Health. POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES. OBSERVED CERTIFIED MANAGER OUTSIDE, CAME IN ,TOOK THE FOOD ODER FROM A COSTUMER ,HANDLED MONEY,AND WITHOUT WASHING HIS HANDS PUT ON FOOD GLOVE AND PREPARED FOOD (SANDWICH),A READY TO EAT PRODUCT.INSTRUCTED TO WASH HAND PRIOR TO PUT ON GLOVES.CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-010(A)HOOOO71110-12
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • Adequate and convenient hand washing facilities shall be provided for all employees. FOUND EXPOSES HAND SINK IN PREP AREA,AND STAFF WASHROOM WITHOUT PAPER TOWELS OR HAND DRYING DEVICE.INFORMATION GIVEN .PAPER TOWELS WAS PROVIDED UPON MY REQUEST. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-030 HOOOO71110-12
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN MOP SINK AND WHITE PREP TABLE, IN DISH ROOM.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN MOP SINK AND WHITE PREP TABLE, IN DISH ROOM.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE(MINERAL BUILD-UP)
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.CHANGE HEAVILY STAINED CEILING TILES IN DINING ROOM
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.CHANGE HEAVILY STAINED CEILING TILES IN DINING ROOM
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • All parts of the food establishment and all parts of the property used in connection with the operation of the establishment shall be kept neat and clean and should not produce any offensive odors. ORGANIZE AND CLEAN ALL SHELVES UNDER FRONT COUNTER,NEXT TO COMPUTER, AND THROUGHOUT.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair. HAIR RESTRAINANT IS NEEDED IN PREP AREA.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair. HAIR RESTRAINANT IS NEEDED IN PREP AREA.

When was Windy City Burger last inspected?

Windy City Burger has 3 inspections on record going back to June 17, 2010.

Windy City Burger vs Lake View

Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 17, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.