Legal Sea Foods
315 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60654 · River North · Restaurant · High risk
Clean record — passed all 4 inspections
Last Inspected
2025-12-04
What You Should Know
✓ 4 consecutive passes, most recently 2025-12-04
✓ No failures across all 4 inspections on record
⚠ Documentation & Training issues found across 4 inspections
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Types of Issues Found
📋 Documentation & Training critical 4×
🌡 Food Temperature serious 1×
Inspection History
2025-12-04 Pass Canvass Re-Inspection 2 ▾
minor Sanitation
FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
4-501.12---OBSERVED STAINED CUTTING BOARDS IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS.INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE OR REPLACE THE CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN.
minor Documentation & Training
ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
2-102.13---OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.ALLERGEN TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON S...
2025-11-19 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass CRITICAL 5 ▾
critical Documentation & Training
MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING
OBSERVED NO SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010,CITATION ISSUED.
serious Food Temperature
FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED
OBSERVED THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHWASHING MACHINE NOT OPERATIONAL (NOT IN-USE) AT THIS TIME STEADY LEAK COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID MACHINE LOCATED AT THE BAR AREA.HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE MUST BE PROPERLY OPERATING AND MAINTAINED AT 180F FINA...
minor Sanitation
FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
OBSERVED STAINED CUTTING BOARDS IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS.INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE OR REPLACE THE CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN.
minor Documentation & Training
ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
minor Documentation & Training
ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.ALLERGEN TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON SITE.
2024-11-19 Pass Complaint 1 ▾
minor Sanitation
UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED
OBSERVED PRESET KNIFE AND FORK ON TABLES IN DINING ROOM. INSTRUCTED TABLEWARE THAT IS PRESET SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION BY BEING WRAPPED, COVERED OR INVERTED.
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Data sourced from Chicago Dept. of Public Health ·
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