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Windy City Taproom
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 14, 2022
- address5700 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60638
Is Windy City Taproom clean?
Windy City Taproom is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 14, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Windy City Taproom?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 14, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED ON COUNTER NEXT TO SINGLE SERVICE CUPS. INSTD TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WALL COVERING ABOVE UTILITY SINK IN POOR REPAIR. INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAME
When was Windy City Taproom last inspected?
Windy City Taproom has 13 inspections on record going back to April 18, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| December 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2019 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 8, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 25, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 6, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 3, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Windy City Taproom vs West Elsdon
West Elsdon runs 76% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 299 clean, 61 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 December 14, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.