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CHICAGO LUNCHBOX

400 S FINANCIAL PL, CHICAGO, IL 60605 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

CHICAGO LUNCHBOX has been inspected 10 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since December 27, 2017. The most recent inspection, on June 21, 2024, found no infractions.

3 of 10 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: Handwashing and staff hygiene, Cleaning and sanitizing and Pests.

The number of infractions per inspection has stayed roughly the same over time.

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.

  • 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 7 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on March 9, 2023. For example: ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on March 9, 2023. For example: NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

  • 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 once on March 2, 2023. For example: INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT

  • 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 once on November 5, 2019. For example: PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded once on November 5, 2019. For example: CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY

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.

10 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Canvass Re-Inspection

    4 infractions

    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN IN THE TOILET ROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF FRYER HAS EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATED FOOD AND GREASE DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-501.13 OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATED GREASE DEBRIS UNDER AND BEHIND ALL OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.
  3. Canvass

    6 infractions

    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN IN THE TOILET ROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
    • 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
      • 6-501.111 OBSERVED NO UP TO DATE PEST CONTROL SERVICE REPORT FOR THIS FACILITY'S ADDRESS OF 400 S FINANCIAL PLACE, THE SERVICE REPORT ON SITE HAS AN ADDRESS OF 2300 S. THROOP. INSTRUCTED THE FACILITY THAT A COMPLETE PEST CONTROL REPORT FOR THIS FACILITY'S ADDRESS MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(C).
    • 40. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
      • 2-402.11 OBSERVED THE FEMALE FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT A PROPER HAIR RESTRAINT SUCH AS A HAIR NET. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF FRYER HAS EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATED FOOD AND GREASE DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-501.13 OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATED GREASE DEBRIS UNDER AND BEHIND ALL OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.
  4. Canvass

    4 infractions

    • 1. PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT, DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE, AND PERFORMS DUTIES
      • OBSERVED PERSON IN CHARGE OPERATING WITH NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION
    • 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE
      • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED. INFORMED MANAGER THAT WHEN TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED THERE MUST BE A CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
    • 8. HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED
      • OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEE PICK UP AND CRACK RAW EGGS ON GRILL THEN PROCEED TO PICK UP A LOAF OF BREAD AND CUT IT WITHOUT WASHING HANDS. INSTRUCTED TO WASH HANDS WHENEVER THERE IS ANY POTENTIAL SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED FOOD AND GREASE DEBRIS UNDER AND AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT, IN THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYER, AND UNDER THE FLAT TOP GRILL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL
  5. Canvass

    1 infraction

    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-501.12 OBSERVED FOOD AND GREASE DEBRIS UNDER AND AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT, IN THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYER, AND UNDER THE FLAT TOP GRILL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL.
  6. Canvass

    4 infractions

    • 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
      • FOUND CLEANING PROCEDURE ON SITE, FOUND NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING MATERIALS TO CLEAN SAID INCIDENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES AND CLEANING MATERIALS (GLOVES, MASK, DISPOSABLE MOP, DISINFECTANT RATED FOR NOROVIRUS) FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW AND USE WHEN RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • FOUND HANDWASHING SINK WATER TEMPERATURE AT 90F LOCATED IN EMPLOYEE MEN'S WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE 100F WATER TEMPERATURE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
    • 22. PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
      • FOUND CHICKEN AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 90F - 100F. SAID CHICKEN IS COVERED AND STORED IN DEEP PANS. FOUND SAID CHICKEN STORED IN FREEZER AND REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE ALL SAID TCS FOODS AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL COLD HOLDING TCS FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. MANAGER DISCARDED ALL SAID TCS FOODS, COST OF ALL FOODS $150. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • FOUND PAPERTOWEL DISPENSER FOR HANDWASHING SINK MOUNTED OVER DRYING RACK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MOVE PAPERTOWEL DISPENSER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  7. Canvass

    6 infractions

    • 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING
      • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY WITH A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
      • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN POSTED AT THE HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH A BROWNISH SUBSTANCE. OBSERVED VENTS WITH ACCUMULATED GREASE DEBRIS LOCATED ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. OBSERVED FLOORS WITH ACCUMULATED DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • OBSERVED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT AND MAINTAIN.
    • 61. SUMMARY REPORT DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
      • OBSERVED PREVIOUS INSPECTION SUMMARY NOT POSTED FOR PUBLIC VIEW. INSTRUCTED TO POST IN PLAIN VIEW OF CUSTOMERS. MANAGER POSTED PREVIOUS INSPECTION SUMMARY DURING THE INSPECTION.
  8. License

    1 infraction

    • 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED
      • RAW WOOD PANEL AT PREP AREA NOT SEALED. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL.
  9. License

    0 infractions

  10. License

    0 infractions

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