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UPTOWN RESTAURANT

1031 W WILSON AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60640 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

UPTOWN RESTAURANT has been inspected 5 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since November 2, 2023. The most recent inspection, on September 15, 2025, recorded 6 infractions.

1 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: Cleaning and sanitizing.

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.

  • 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 5 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on September 15, 2025. For example: WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED & STORED

  • 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 6 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on September 15, 2025. For example: PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

  • 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 4 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on September 15, 2025. For example: FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

  • Food safety training and certificationLower risk

    Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.

    Recorded 4 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on September 15, 2025. For example: ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING

  • Other findingsLower risk

    Findings that do not fit the categories above, such as follow-ups that confirm an earlier violation was corrected, or requirements specific to this type of facility.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on November 26, 2024. For example: PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION CORRECTED

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

    6 infractions

    • 41. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED & STORED
      • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON THE PREP TABLES/COUNTERS IN THE FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL WIPING CLOTHS STORED IN PROPER SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • OBSERVED CAN OPENER IN THE PREP AREA WITH A BUILDUP OF GREASE RESIDUE INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • MUST DETAIL CLEAN SOIL RESIDUES FROM SHELVING RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND PREP TABLES AND MAINTAIN.
    • 57. ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
      • UNABLE TO LOCATE AND VERIFY FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES DURING INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • OBSERVED EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE FOR CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING EVERY THREE YEARS AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON SITE.
  2. Canvass Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  3. Canvass Re-Inspection

    4 infractions

    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • 4-101.19 - OBSERVED CARDBOARD LINING USED ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND PROVIDE WITH AN EASILY CLEANLABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • 4-601.11(C) - OBSERVED THE INTERIOR SIDES AND BOTTOM OF THE MICROWAVE ON THE PREPARATION LINE TO BE HEAVILY SOILED WITH SPILLAGE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE FREE OF EXCESSIVE SPILLAGE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP.
    • 57. ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
      • 2-102.13 - OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES ON SITE WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES, AND ALL NEW EMPLOYEES WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE.
    • 59. PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION CORRECTED
      • 8-404.13 (B:3) - PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATIONS, #54 AND #60, NOT CORRECTED FROM 11/18/2024, REPORT #2607609: #54) "5-501.113(B) - OBSERVED THE OUTSIDE WASTE RECEPTACLE LID NOT MAINTAINED: ONE OF THREE LIDS COMPLETELY MISSING. OBTAIN REPLACEMENT LID AND SECURE CONTAINER LID TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE AND FOOD SOURCES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, 7-38-020(b). CITATION ISSUED." 60) "8-404.13(B:4) - PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 11/02/2023, REPORT #2584456: #47) 4-202.16 - OBSERVED RUSTED STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER IN THE REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE RUST AND ENSURE ALL NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. #51) 5-203.13 - OBSERVED ESTABLISHMENT WITHOUT A MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO INSTALL A MOP SINK FOR THE CLEANING OF MOPS OR SIMILAR WET FLOOR CLEANING TOOLS AND THE DISPOSAL OF MOP WATER AND SIMILAR LIQUID WASTE AND MAINTAIN. #55) 6-501.11 - OBSERVED MULTIPLE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR MISSING FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN. #55)6-304.11 - OBSERVED VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-42-090, CITATION ISSUED." INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT BOTH PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATIONS. CORRECT ALL PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT DATED 11/02/2024 MUST BE CORRECTEDED, AND UTILITY SINK MUST BE INSTALLED. PRIORITY VIOLATION, 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  4. Canvass

    5 infractions

    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • OBSERVED CARDBOARD LINING USED ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND PROVIDE WITH AN EASILY CLEANLABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR SIDES AND BOTTOM OF THE MICROWAVE ON THE PREPARATION LINE TO BE HEAVILY SOILED WITH SPILLAGE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE FREE OF EXCESSIVE SPILLAGE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP.
    • 54. GARBAGE & REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
      • OBSERVED THE OUTSIDE WASTE RECEPTACLE LID NOT MAINTAINED: ONE OF THREE LIDS COMPLETELY MISSING. OBTAIN REPLACEMENT LID AND SECURE CONTAINER LID TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE AND FOOD SOURCES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, 7-38-020(b). CITATION ISSUED.
    • 57. ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
      • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES ON SITE WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES, AND ALL NEW EMPLOYEES WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE.
    • 60. PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION CORRECTED
      • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 11/02/2023, REPORT #2584456: #47) 4-202.16 - OBSERVED RUSTED STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER IN THE REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE RUST AND ENSURE ALL NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. #51) 5-203.13 - OBSERVED ESTABLISHMENT WITHOUT A MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO INSTALL A MOP SINK FOR THE CLEANING OF MOPS OR SIMILAR WET FLOOR CLEANING TOOLS AND THE DISPOSAL OF MOP WATER AND SIMILAR LIQUID WASTE AND MAINTAIN. #55) 6-501.11 - OBSERVED MULTIPLE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR MISSING FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN. 6-304.11 - OBSERVED VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-42-090, CITATION ISSUED.
  5. License

    6 infractions

    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • OBSERVED RUSTED STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER IN THE REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE RUST AND ENSURE ALL NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
    • 48. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & USED; TEST STRIPS
      • OBSERVED NO DRAIN STOPPERS FOR THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK LOCATED IN THE REAR WAREWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DRAIN STOPPERS FOR ALL THREE COMPARMENT SINKS AND MAINTAIN.
    • 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
      • OBSERVED ESTABLISHMENT WITHOUT A MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO INSTALL A MOP SINK FOR THE CLEANING OF MOPS OR SIMILAR WET FLOOR CLEANING TOOLS AND THE DISPOSAL OF MOP WATER AND SIMILAR LIQUID WASTE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED DIRT ON THE FLOOR, ALONG WALLS, AND ALL CORNERS IN PREP, DISHWASHING, AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN FLOORS, ALONG WALLS, AND IN ALL CORNERS IN ALL AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED MULTIPLE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR MISSING FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN.
    • 56. ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS USED
      • OBSERVED VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM AND MAINTAIN.

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