WHISPERS

Address: 1001 N LAKE SHORE DR , CHICAGO, IL 60611, Chicago, IL

Latest Inspection: Pass on Aug 21, 2025

Facility Details

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

Inspection History (24 inspections)

• Pass — 2025-08-21 00:00:00 () 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED - Comments: 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENT.
• Fail — 2025-08-13 00:00:00 () 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY - Comments: OBSERVED BRISKET COOKED OUTSIDE IN SMOKER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO NO FOOD IS COOKED OUTSIDE WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. IN
• Pass — 2024-07-11 00:00:00 () 37. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER - Comments: OBSERVED GRAB & GO FOOD ITEMS ON DISPLAY NOT PROPERLY LABELED. FRESH CUT WATERMELON, TRAIL MIX, VARIETY OF NUTS MIXED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN C
• Fail — 2024-07-08 00:00:00 () 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE - Comments: OBSERVED THE TOILET ROOM SINKS NOT MAINTAINED WITH HOT WATER: IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF HOT WATER OBSERVED AT 4 OUT 7 TOILET R
• Fail — 2024-07-03 00:00:00 () 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING - Comments: "OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN AP
• Pass w/ Conditions — 2022-06-27 00:00:00 () 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE - Comments: No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( fish, chicken... ) instructed to obtain Priority fou
• Fail — 2022-06-22 00:00:00 () 1. PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT, DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE, AND PERFORMS DUTIES | 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE - Comments: No certified food service manager on site while handling a
• Fail — 2021-09-27 00:00:00 () 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE - Comments: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOOD (GRILLED CHICKEN) WAS BEING PREPARED. INSTRUCTED MA
• Fail — 2021-08-18 00:00:00 () 25. CONSUMER ADVISORY PROVIDED FOR RAW/UNDERCOOKED FOOD - Comments: OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY FOR RAW OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO IDENTIFY SUCH FOODS BY ASTERISKING THEM TO A FOOT NOTE THA
• Pass w/ Conditions — 2019-08-02 00:00:00 () 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING - Comments: Violation Codes: 2-102.14(O). Inspector Comments: - NO VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY O
• Fail — 2019-07-30 00:00:00 () 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING - Comments: - NO VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLAT
• Out of Business — 2019-07-25 00:00:00 ()
• Pass — 2019-04-26 00:00:00 ()
• Not Ready — 2019-04-25 00:00:00 ()
• Pass — 2018-08-10 00:00:00 () 36. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED & ACCURATE - Comments: OBSERVED DIGITAL TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE, ON WALK IN COOLER FREEZER UNIT, NOT DISPLAYING AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF UNIT. INFORMED MANAGER THAT T
• Fail — 2018-08-03 00:00:00 () 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS - Comments: FOUND NO PROCEDURES ON SITE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• Pass — 2017-07-14 00:00:00 () 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FOUND LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE FLOOR ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE WALK-IN BEER
• Pass — 2016-08-11 00:00:00 () 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED CONDENSATION LEAKING ON THE BOTTOM SHELF OF THE REACH-IN REFRIGERATOR UNDER THE COLD-HOLD UNIT
• No Entry — 2015-11-30 00:00:00 ()
• Pass w/ Conditions — 2014-08-06 00:00:00 () 6. HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. - Comments: OBSERVED EMPLOYEE EAT FOOD FROM A BIN WITH THEIR BARE HAND THEN HANDLE AND DELIVER FOOD

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