Empirical Brewery
1801 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60640 · Uptown · Restaurant · Low risk
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2 inspections on record — 1 failed (not yet rated)
Last Inspected
2015-10-28
What You Should Know
✓ Passed most recent inspection (2015-10-28)
⚠ Failed 1 inspection (2015)
⚠ Other issues found across 1 inspection
⚠ Pest Activity issues found across 1 inspection
→ Issues were corrected on re-inspection
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Types of Issues Found
🐀 Pest Activity critical 1×
Inspection History
2015-10-28 Pass License Re-Inspection 1 ▾
minor Sanitation
WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
MISSING BASEBOARD IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM AND THE NORTH WALL OF THE GENERAL SEATING AREA. MUST PROVIDE A BASEBOARD TO SEAL THE GAP BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE FLOOR.
CRITICAL 3 ▾
critical Other
ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, DESIGNED, AND MAINTAINED
INADEQUATE NUMBER OF EXPOSED HAND SINKS: THE WATER LINE AT THE ONLY EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE DISTRIBUTION ROOM/BREWERY IS NOT CONNECTED. MUST CONNECT THE WATER LINE TO PROVIDE HOT/COLD WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE WITH SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT ALL TIMES...
critical Pest Activity
NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
THE LARGE GARAGE DOOR IN THE BREWERY WHERE SHIPMENTS ARE DELIVERED HAS A 1 INCH GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY SEAL THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR WITH A PROPER DOOR SWEEP TO PREVENT PEST/RODENT INTRUSION.
minor Sanitation
WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
MISSING BASEBOARD IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM AND THE NORTH WALL OF THE GENERAL SEATING AREA. MUST PROVIDE A BASEBOARD TO SEAL THE GAP BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE FLOOR.
Data sourced from Chicago Dept. of Public Health ·
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