Chisox Bar & Grill

No violations were recorded at this inspection.

1. Sep 11, 2025 Fail

   Canvass · Fail

   1 general Show violations

   • GeneralFacility upkeep

     Dishwashing equipment wasn’t set up, maintained, or used correctly.

     Inspector’s note: Noted no temperature measuring device/gauge for the wash and sanitizing cycles of warewashing machine. Priority foundation violation # 7-38-005. Citation issued.

     Official wording (code 48)

     Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips

2. Mar 22, 2024 Pass

   License Re-Inspection · Pass

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   • GeneralPests

     Insects, rodents, or animals were present, or the building wasn’t sealed against them.

     Inspector’s note: 6-202.15: observed a small opening at the bottom of the door leading to the patio area. Instructed to rodent proof said door and maintain.

     Official wording (code 38)

     Insects, rodents, & animals not present

   • GeneralFacility upkeep

     Dishwashing equipment wasn’t set up, maintained, or used correctly.

     Inspector’s note: 4-301.12: observed the mechanical sink stoppers for the all three basins of the three compartment sink in the food/ dishwashing area not able to maintain water. Instructed to repair or provide adequate sink stoppers.

     Official wording (code 48)

     Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips

   • GeneralFacility upkeep

     Equipment and surfaces were dirty.

     Inspector’s note: 4-601.11(c): observed the lower compartment of the deep-frying units in the food prep area with slight grease build up. Instructed to clean said equipment and maintain.

     Official wording (code 49)

     Non-food/food contact surfaces clean

   • PaperworkManagement & training

     Not all food employees had food-handler training.

     Inspector’s note: 2-102.13 instructed to ensure when staff is hired that they take the food handler course and maintan records on site.

     Official wording (code 57)

     All food employees have food handler training

   • PaperworkManagement & training

     Required allergen training was missing.

     Inspector’s note: 2-102.13: observed no allergen training certificate on site for certified food managers. Instructed to provide and maintain.

     Official wording (code 58)

     Allergen training as required

3. Mar 20, 2024 Fail

   License Re-Inspection · Fail

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   • CriticalManagement & training

     Staff weren’t trained on, or didn’t follow, the rules for reporting illness.

     Inspector’s note: 2-102.14(o): observed no employee health policy on site. Instructed to provide and maintain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010, no citation issued

     Official wording (code 3)

     Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting

   • GeneralPests

     Insects, rodents, or animals were present, or the building wasn’t sealed against them.

     Inspector’s note: Violation Codes: 6-501.111 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF PEST ACTIVITY. OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 60 MICE DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. THE FOLLOWING FLOORS WERE OBSERVED WITH MICE DROPPINGS: SURROUNDING ALL THE COOKING AND DISHWASHING EQUIPMENT IN THE FOOD PREP AREA, INSIDE OF THE WALK IN COOLER WITH FOOD IN THE FOOD PREP AREA, BEHIND THE 1 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE FOOD PREP.DISHWASHING AREA, SURROUNDING THE MOP SINK AND ICE MACHINE ON THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOOR, BEHIND THE BAR ON THE 2ND FLOOR, IN THE IT ROOM ON THE 2ND FLOOR. MICE DROPPINGS WERE OBSERVED INSIDE OF THE FOLLOWING SURFACES: INSIDE AN OPENING UNDER THE BEER DISPENSING UNIT ON THE FIRST FLOOR, IN INSIDE OF AN OPENING THE EQUIPMENT OF THE BAR ON THE SECOND FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE MICE DROPPINGS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND RECOMMENDED CONTACTING PEST CONTROL FOR A SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION…

     Official wording (code 38)

     Insects, rodents, & animals not present

   • GeneralPests

     Insects, rodents, or animals were present, or the building wasn’t sealed against them.

     Inspector’s note: 6-202.15: observed a small opening at the bottom of the door leading to the patio area. Instructed to rodent proof said door and maintain.

     Official wording (code 38)

     Insects, rodents, & animals not present

   • GeneralFacility upkeep

     Dishwashing equipment wasn’t set up, maintained, or used correctly.

     Inspector’s note: 4-301.12: observed the mechanical sink stoppers for the all three basins of the three compartment sink in the food/ dishwashing area not able to maintain water. Instructed to repair or provide adequate sink stoppers

     Official wording (code 48)

     Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips

   • GeneralFacility upkeep

     Equipment and surfaces were dirty.

     Inspector’s note: 4-601.11(c): observed the lower compartment of the deep-frying units in the food prep area with slight grease build up. Instructed to clean said equipment and maintain.

     Official wording (code 49)

     Non-food/food contact surfaces clean

   • PaperworkManagement & training

     Not all food employees had food-handler training.

     Inspector’s note: 2-102.13 instructed to ensure when staff is hired that they take the food handler course and maintan records on site.

     Official wording (code 57)

     All food employees have food handler training

   • PaperworkManagement & training

     Required allergen training was missing.

     Inspector’s note: 2-102.13: observed no allergen training certificate on site for certified food managers. Instructed to provide and maintain.

     Official wording (code 58)

     Allergen training as required

4. Feb 27, 2024 Fail

   License · Fail

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   • CriticalManagement & training

     Staff weren’t trained on, or didn’t follow, the rules for reporting illness.

     Inspector’s note: Observed no employee health policy on site. Instructed to provide and maintain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010, no citation issued

     Official wording (code 3)

     Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting

   • CriticalHygiene & sanitation

     Hand sinks were missing, blocked, or not stocked with soap and towels.

     Inspector’s note: Observed no handwashing soap at the handwashing sink near the three compartment sink in the food prep area and at handwashing sinks behind the bars on the 1st and second floor. Priority foundation 7-38-030(c), no citation issued

     Official wording (code 10)

     Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible

   • CriticalHygiene & sanitation

     Hand sinks were missing, blocked, or not stocked with soap and towels.

     Inspector’s note: Observed no hand drying provisions at the handwashing sink near the three compartment sink in the food prep area and at handwashing sinks behind the bars. Instructed must provide and maintain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c), no citation issued

     Official wording (code 10)

     Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible

   • CriticalHygiene & sanitation

     Hand sinks were missing, blocked, or not stocked with soap and towels.

     Inspector’s note: Observed two outdoor patio structures without handwashing sinks. Instructed to install handwashing sinks in two outdoor patios to allow convenient use by employees in all food preparation areas, food dispensing, and warewashing areas. The handwashing sink must meet compliance by having water from an approved source by the city of chicago, have hot and cold running water (100-120 f), and fully equipped with handwashing cleanser and hand drying provisions. Priority foundation 7-38-030(c), no citation issued

     Official wording (code 10)

     Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible

   • CriticalFood handling

     Surfaces that touch food weren’t cleaned and sanitized.

     Inspector’s note: Observed a dishwashing machine in the food prep/ dishwashing area not operable. Instructed to have machine serviced and ready to be inspected. Priority violation 7-38-025, no citation issued.

     Official wording (code 16)

     Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized

   • GeneralFood temperature

     Not enough equipment, or the wrong method, to cool and hold food at safe temperatures.

     Inspector’s note: Observed improper temperature of a prep cooler across the stove in the food prep area at 45.6f. And one cold holding unit under the steam table not operable at the time of the inspection. Instructed must have cold holding units at 41.0f or below. Priority 7-38-005, no citation issued

     Official wording (code 33)

     Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control

   • GeneralFood temperature

     Thermometers were missing or inaccurate.

     Inspector’s note: Observed no probe stem thermometer for taking food temperatures on site. Must provide. Priority foundation, 7-38-005, no citation issued

     Official wording (code 36)

     Thermometers provided & accurate

   • GeneralPests

     Insects, rodents, or animals were present, or the building wasn’t sealed against them.

     Inspector’s note: Observed a small opening in the bottom of the door leading to the patio area. Instructed to rodent proof said door and maintain.

     Official wording (code 38)

     Insects, rodents, & animals not present

   • GeneralPests

     Insects, rodents, or animals were present, or the building wasn’t sealed against them.

     Inspector’s note: Observed evidence of pest activity. Observed 80-100 mice droppings throughout the facility. The following floors were observed with mice droppings: surrounding all the cooking and dishwashing equipment in the food prep area, near the walk-in cooler in the food prep area, inside of the walk in cooler in the food prep area, surrounding the mop sink and ice machine on the 1st & 2nd floor, behind the bar on the 2nd, in the it room on the 2nd floor. Mice croppings were observed on the following surfaces: in the inside of the steam table in the food prep area, on top of the bar and cashier equipment on the 1st floor, and inside of an opening in the ice machine storage area on the second floor. Live ants were observed on the floor, lower wall, and one of the hand washing sinks behind the bar on the 1st floor. Instructed to eliminate pest activity, clean and sanitize affected areas and…

     Official wording (code 38)

     Insects, rodents, & animals not present

   • GeneralPests

     Insects, rodents, or animals were present, or the building wasn’t sealed against them.

     Inspector’s note: Observed dead ants on the floors near the handwashing sinks behind the 1st floor bar. Instructed to remove and maintain.

     Official wording (code 38)

     Insects, rodents, & animals not present

   • GeneralFood handling

     Food wasn’t protected from contamination during prep, storage, or display.

     Inspector’s note: Observed two outdoor patio structures that will have seating and a bar area that consists of coolers and beer barrels not able to be fully enclosed. Instructed outdoor patios/bars must meet compliance to protect food (beverages and ice) from dirt, vermin, unnecessary handling, droplet contaminatin, overhead leakage or other contamination. Priority foundation 7-38-005, no citation issued.

     Official wording (code 39)

     Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display

   • GeneralFacility upkeep

     Dishwashing equipment wasn’t set up, maintained, or used correctly.

     Inspector’s note: Observed no temperature measuring device for dishwashing machine on site. Instructed to provide and maintain.

     Official wording (code 48)

     Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips

   • GeneralFacility upkeep

     Dishwashing equipment wasn’t set up, maintained, or used correctly.

     Inspector’s note: Observed the mechanical sink stoppers for the all three basins of the three compartment sink in the food/ dishwashing area not able to maintain water. Instructed to repair or provide adequate sink stoppers

     Official wording (code 48)

     Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips

   • GeneralFacility upkeep

     Equipment and surfaces were dirty.

     Inspector’s note: Observed the lower compartment of the deep frying units in the food prep area with slight grease build up. Instructed to clean said equipment and maintain.

     Official wording (code 49)

     Non-food/food contact surfaces clean

   • PaperworkManagement & training

     Not all food employees had food-handler training.

     Inspector’s note: Instructed to ensure when staff is hired that the take the food handler course and maintan records on site.

     Official wording (code 57)

     All food employees have food handler training

   • PaperworkManagement & training

     Required allergen training was missing.

     Inspector’s note: Observed no allergen training certificate on site for certified food managers. Instructed to provide and maintain.

     Official wording (code 58)

     Allergen training as required