MAR 21
2025
PASS · 0 violations
Bar El Calamar
Chicago Health Dept
2639-2641 W PETERSON AVE · WEST RIDGE, CHICAGO
Passed most recent inspection (Mar 2025).
3 inspections on record since 2024 · Last inspected Mar 2025.
The numbers
INSPECTIONS
3
VIOLATIONS
5
total on record
LAST INSPECTED
MAR 2025
Inspection history
MAR 14
2025
FAIL 4 violations 1 CRITICAL
FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER
FOUND SOME PREP AREA BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS.
INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
OBSERVED 10 LIVE SMALL FLIES AT FRONT BAR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REMOVE ALL FLY ACTIVITY BY DATE OF REINSPECTION. ADVISED TO CALL PEST CONTROL OPERATOR FOR SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A).
PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
PREP AREA COLD WATER LEAKING AT FAUCET. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN PREP AREA HANDWASH SINK.
ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
JUL 31
2024
PASS 1 violation
FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
MUST PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AT BOTH BARS
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