Windy City Playhouse

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 3, 2019 →
• address2229 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60616
• cuisineLiquor

Is Windy City Playhouse clean?

Windy City Playhouse is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 3, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Windy City Playhouse?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events

When was Windy City Playhouse last inspected?

Windy City Playhouse has 2 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2018.

Windy City Playhouse vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 80% clean across 297 tracked restaurants — 235 clean, 51 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 297 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 3, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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