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BUTTERFIELD KITCHEN

22 E ROOSEVELT RD, CHICAGO, IL 60605 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

BUTTERFIELD KITCHEN has been inspected 5 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since December 28, 2012. The most recent inspection, on April 9, 2014, found no infractions.

2 of 5 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Food temperature control, Pests and Handwashing and staff hygiene.

The last 2 inspections in a row found no infractions. Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Food temperature controlHigher risk

    Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.

    Recorded 5 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 4, 2014. For example: REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded 4 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 4, 2014. For example: NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 4, 2014. For example: APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN

  • Equipment and utensilsLower risk

    Equipment has to be built from cleanable materials, kept in good repair and stored properly. These findings are mostly about upkeep, like a cracked shelf, a worn gasket or utensils stored the wrong way. They are generally lower risk but show how well the kitchen is maintained.

    Recorded 10 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on April 4, 2014. For example: CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES

  • Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk

    Floors, walls and ceilings must be smooth and clean, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate food-safety risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.

    Recorded 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on April 4, 2014. For example: FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

5 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Canvass Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  3. Canvass Re-Inspection

    9 infractions

    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • EXIT/ENTRY DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED. 1/4" GAP AT BOTTOM OF DOOR. MUST COMPLETELY SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020 CITATION ISSUED OUTER OPENINGS NOT PROTECTED.
    • 19. OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED
      • OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT MAINTAINED AT THIS TIME. GARBAGE ALL OVER GROUND. MUST MAINTAIN AREA UNDER AND AROUND CONTAINER AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020 CITATION ISSUED. OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT MAINTAINED.
    • 31. CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES
      • ALL MULTI USE UTENSILS MUST BE STORED IN ACLEAN SANITIZED LOCATION NOT HANGING AGAINST A DIRT WALL AND WOODEN STRIP. MUST BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED AT ALL TIMES.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, HOT HOLDING UNITS, REACH IN COOLERS, AND PREP TABLES ALL MUST BE CLEANED AND MAINTAIN CLEAN.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES MUST BE CLEANED UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP AND FOOD SPILLS.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • ALL WALLS AND CEILINGS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER AND DUST BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • VENTILATION UNIT ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP. MUST INSERT VENTS INTO UNIT
    • 40. REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS
      • ALL REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF THERMOMETERS. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
    • 42. APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN
      • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN FOOD PREP AREA.
  4. Canvass

    14 infractions

    • 2. FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE
      • FOUND A REACH IN COOLER UNPLUGGED AT 65.2 DEGREES AIR TEMPERATURE. MANAGER PLUGGED IN COOLER AND IT WAS MAINTAINING 40 DEGREES AT END OF INSPECTION. UNIT NOT BEING TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) CITATION ISSUED. FACILITIES FAILURE TO MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE.
    • 3. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE
      • FOUND THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS AT IMPROPER TEMERATURE: 1 CASE OF RAW EGGS 63.4 DEGREES, 1 LARGE CHEESE PIZZA , 10 BAKED POTATOES 100.9 DEGREES AND 17 YOGURTS 47.3 DEGREES. ALL PRODUCT WAS DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. TOTAL VALUE $50.00 15LBS. DELIVER PERSON ARRIVED WITH 38 PIZZA SLICES BOXED READY TO SELL AT THIS LOCATION. ALL PIZZA SLICES WERE AT THE IMPROPER TEMERATURE OF 98.3 - 101.0 DEGREES. ALL PIZZA SLICES WERE DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. TOTAL VALUE $208.62 50 LBS CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) CITATION ISSUED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE.
    • 6. HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS.
      • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES HANDLING MONEY, SERVING, AND WARMING FOOD WITHOUT WASHING HANDS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT HAND WASHING AND GLOVE WEARING MUST OCURR WHILE HANDLING READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES TO STOP SERVING CUSTOMERS AND WASH HANDS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010(A) CITATION ISSUED POOR HYGENIC PRACTICES
    • 8. SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME
      • PREMISES HAS 3 COMPARTMENT BAR SINK WHICH IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL OF THIER UTENSIL. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL SINK LARGE ENOUGH FOR ALL UTENSILS TO BE PROPERLY WASHED, RINSED AND SANITIZED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030 CITATION ISSUED IMPROPER SANITIZATION OF EQUIPMENT.
    • 11. ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, DESIGNED, AND MAINTAINED
      • FOUND NO HOT WATER IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM TO PROPERLY WASH HANDS. PREMISES IS BEING PUT ON 48 HOUR NOTICE TO HAVE HOT WATER IN EMPLOYEES BATHROOM. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030 CITATION ISSUED NO HOT WATER IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM
    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • EXIT/ENTRY DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED. 1/4" GAP AT BOTTOM OF DOOR. MUST COMPLETELY SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020 CITATION ISSUED OUTER OPENINGS NOT PROTECTED.
    • 19. OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED
      • OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT MAINTAINED AT THIS TIME. GARBAGE ALL OVER GROUND. MUST MAINTAIN AREA UNDER AND AROUND CONTAINER AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020 CITATION ISSUED. OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT MAINTAINED.
    • 31. CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES
      • ALL MULTI USE UTENSILS MUST BE STORED IN ACLEAN SANITIZED LOCATION NOT HANGING AGAINST A DIRT WALL AND WOODEN STRIP. MUST BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED AT ALL TIMES.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, HOT HOLDING UNITS, REACH IN COOLERS, AND PREP TABLES ALL MUST BE CLEANED AND MAINTAIN CLEAN.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES MUST BE CLEANED UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP AND FOOD SPILLS.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • ALL WALLS AND CEILINGS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER AND DUST BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • VENTILATION UNIT ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP. MUST INSERT VENTS INTO UNIT.
    • 40. REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS
      • ALL REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF THERMOMETERS. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
    • 42. APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN
      • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN FOOD PREP AREA.
  5. License

    3 infractions

    • 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED
      • FOUND FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN DUE TO CONSTRUCTION: SINKS, ICE MACHINE, AND COOLERS.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FOUND LARGE HOLE UNDER SINKS THAT MUST BE SEALED.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • FOUND NO VACUUM BREAKER AT WATERLINE FOR ICE MACHINE. FOUND NO HOOD VENT FILTERS.(MUST INSTALL)

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