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HIGH-HAT CLUB

1920 W IRVING PARK RD, CHICAGO, IL 60613 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

HIGH-HAT CLUB has been inspected 7 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since May 21, 2010. The most recent inspection, on July 31, 2017, found no infractions.

2 of 7 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: Pests, Food temperature control and Protecting food from contamination.

Recent inspections have recorded more infractions than earlier ones, so it is worth reading the latest reports closely.

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.

  • 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on November 28, 2016. For example: NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS

  • 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 16, 2016. For example: SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME

  • 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 16, 2016. For example: FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION

  • 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 15 times across 5 separate inspections, most recently on December 1, 2016. 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 December 1, 2016. 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.

7 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Complaint Re-Inspection

    6 infractions

    • 31. CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES
      • MUST PROPERLY STOTED MULTI-USE UTENSILS IN KITCHEN PREP AREA. TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP IN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS INSIDE 2-DOOR REFRIGERATOR LOCATED IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • OBSERVED GREASE AND DIRT ON FLOOR UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN PREP AREA. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT NEAR TO MEAT CHEST FREEZERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • : OBSERVED OPENINGS INTO WALLS INSIDE CUSTOMERS WASHROOMS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED OPENING INTO WALL BETWEEN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND DISH MACHINE IN REAR DISHWASHING ROOM. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON WALLS BEHIND DISH MACHINE AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING ROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED GREASE AND DUST ACCUMULATED ON CEILING ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE.
    • 45. FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS MET
      • FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO LOGS, RECORDS ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  3. Complaint Re-Inspection

    7 infractions

    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER PEST CONTROL INSIDE PREMISES. OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 40 LIVE FRUIT FLIES ON WALLS IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA . DINING AREA AND IN BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA ON WALLS AND CEILING. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE PEST ACTIVITY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
    • 31. CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES
      • MUST PROPERLY STOTED MULTI-USE UTENSILS IN KITCHEN PREP AREA. TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP IN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS INSIDE 2-DOOR REFRIGERATOR LOCATED IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • OBSERVED GREASE AND DIRT ON FLOOR UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN PREP AREA. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT NEAR TO MEAT CHEST FREEZERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • OBSERVED OPENINGS INTO WALLS INSIDE CUSTOMERS WASHROOMS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED OPENING INTO WALL BETWEEN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND DISH MACHINE IN REAR DISHWASHING ROOM. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON WALLS BEHIND DISH MACHINE AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING ROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED GREASE AND DUST ACCUMULATED ON CEILING ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE.
    • 45. FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS MET
      • Inspector Comments: FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO LOGS, RECORDS ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  4. Complaint

    9 infractions

    • 8. SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME
      • CHEMICAL DISHMACHINE NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING. OPPM CHLORINE FOUND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WHILE DISHES BEING WASHED. MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND PROPERLY DISPENSES CHLORINE TO 100PPM. MUST USE TREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO WASH RINSE AND SANITIZE DISHES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
    • 16. FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION
      • FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE, INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE OBSERVED BLACK AND BROWN SLIMY SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE. ICE IS BEING USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. MUST TURN OFF ICE MACHINE REMOVE ICE AND HAVE INTERIOR SURFACES CLEAN AND SANITIZE. ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED DURING INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER PEST CONTROL INSIDE PREMISES. OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 40 LIVE FRUIT FLIES ON WALLS IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA . DINING AREA AND IN BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA ON WALLS AND CEILING. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE PEST ACTIVITY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
    • 31. CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES
      • MUST PROPERLY STOTED MULTI-USE UTENSILS IN KITCHEN PREP AREA. TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP IN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS INSIDE 2-DOOR REFRIGERATOR LOCATED IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • OBSERVED GREASE AND DIRT ON FLOOR UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN PREP AREA. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT NEAR TO MEAT CHEST FREEZERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • OBSERVED OPENINGS INTO WALLS INSIDE CUSTOMERS WASHROOMS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED OPENING INTO WALL BETWEEN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND DISH MACHINE IN REAR DISHWASHING ROOM. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON WALLS BEHIND DISH MACHINE AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING ROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED GREASE AND DUST ACCUMULATED ON CEILING ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE.
    • 45. FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS MET
      • FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO LOGS, RECORDS ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  5. Canvass

    0 infractions

  6. Canvass

    2 infractions

    • 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED
      • NO SPLASH GUARD AT EXPOSED HAND SINK IN PREP AREA,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • WATER PIPE UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IS LEAKING,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  7. Canvass

    1 infraction

    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.REMOVE PEELING PAINT ON CEILING, ABOVE HOT HOLDING UNIT.

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