Yard House

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMarch 5, 2019
• address1500 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60610

Is Yard House clean?

Yard House is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Yard House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (TUNA, CHICKEN) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED .
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7.38.010.NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HAND WASHING SINK BLOCKED WITH STRAINER FILLED WITH ICE, STRAWS, AND LEMON LOCATED AT BAR. HAND WASHING SINK IS BEING USED AS DUMP SINK. HANDWASHING SINK DISPLAYS SIGN WITH "HANDWASH SINK ONLY". INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS MAKE HAND WASHING SINK ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES TO ALLOW FOR PROPER HAND WASHING. MANAGER REMOVES ITEMS FROM THE HAND WASHING SINK DURING THE INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Food Obtained From Approved Source
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED TCS FOODS (SLICED MUSHROOMS, SLICED LETTUCE, MARSALA SAUCE) HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS WITH OUT DISCARD DATE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE DISCARD DATE FOR ANY TCS FOODS HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE FOR COFFEE BREWER MACHINE LOCATED IN EXPO AREA OF KITCHEN. A BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE MUST BE LOCATED, SO THAT IT MAY BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROOMS, DUST PANS AND MOPS IN KITCHEN UTILITY CLOSET IN A DISORDERLY MANNER. SAID TOOLS SHALL BE STORED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER ELEVATED FROM FLOOR.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOUND NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS.

When was Yard House last inspected?

Yard House has 9 inspections on record going back to August 25, 2015.

Yard House vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Park

• ✓ Yard House
  clean · August 26, 2015
• ✓ Sugar Fixe Macaron
  clean · October 27, 2017
• ✓ Burger King
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• ✓ Catherine Cook School
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• ✓ Green Apple Mini Mart
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• ✓ Earls
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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 March 5, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.