FOODWORKS

Address: 50 S LA SALLE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60603, Chicago, IL

Latest Inspection: Pass on Aug 15, 2025

Facility Details

• Facility Type: Restaurant
• Risk: Risk 1 (High)
• Status: Independent

Inspection History (22 inspections)

• Pass — 2025-08-15 00:00:00 () 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: 6-202.15: OBSERVED OPENING AT BASE OF LEFT DOCK DOOR IN DUMPSTER AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE. | 55. PH
• Pass — 2025-01-15 00:00:00 ()
• Pass — 2024-07-30 00:00:00 () 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE - Comments: OBSERVED MISSING HANDWASHING SIGANAGE FOR HANDWASHING SINK THE GRILL DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• Pass — 2023-10-16 00:00:00 () 16. FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED - Comments: 4-602.11(B-E) OBSERVED A SLIGHT BROWNISH SUBSTANCE ON THE ICE PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
• Pass — 2022-10-11 00:00:00 ()
• Fail — 2022-10-03 00:00:00 () 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE - Comments: OBSERVED NO ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER POSTED ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPPED AND SERVED (SUCH AS CHI
• Pass — 2019-01-03 00:00:00 () 44. UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED - Comments: OBSERVED SERVING PLATES STORED NEAR THE DISH AREA NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INVERT PLATES AFTER SANITIZING
• Pass — 2018-05-01 00:00:00 () 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE RUST IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO
• Pass — 2018-01-19 00:00:00 () 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS UNDER THE HOT HOLDING UNITS LOCATED BY THE COOKING EQUIPMENT BY THE CUS
• Pass — 2017-02-16 00:00:00 () 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED ICE ON THE WALL INSIDE OF WALK IN COOLER #1. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL ACCUMULATED
• Pass w/ Conditions — 2017-01-30 00:00:00 () 2. FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: OBSERVED A DISPLAY COOLER AT THE IMPROPER TEMPEARATURE OF 48.1F WITH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (HUMMUS, GUACAMOLE, TURKEY SANDWICHES, TUNA, E
• Pass — 2016-08-05 00:00:00 ()
• Pass — 2016-05-23 00:00:00 () 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: LOOSE WIRES NOTED ON FOOD STRAINERS, INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY GOOD REPAIR UTENSILS.|42. APPROPRIATE METHO
• Fail — 2016-03-11 00:00:00 () 16. FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION, FOUND SEVERAL PREP STATIONS AND SELF SERVICE FOOD LINES WITHOUT A SNEEZE GUA
• Pass — 2015-06-04 00:00:00 ()
• Fail — 2015-05-28 00:00:00 () 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 13-20 LIVE FRUIT FLIES ON
• Pass — 2015-01-27 00:00:00 () 36. LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: OBSERVED BLOWN LIGHT BULBS UNDER THE HOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING. | 38. VEN
• Pass w/ Conditions — 2014-02-14 00:00:00 () 8. SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME - Comments: FOUND FINAL RINSE OF HIGH TEMP DISH MACHINE @ 140.0F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE
• Out of Business — 2013-06-04 00:00:00 ()
• Pass — 2013-06-03 00:00:00 () 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL SNEEZE GUARD AT THE CREATE STATION AT THE MAIN SERVICE AREA LINE BETWEEN THE

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