Ardor
4624-4632 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
Read the pairs, not the count. A failure is normally followed within days by a re-inspection, and that re-inspection is a second row here. On the timeline below they sit almost on top of each other — one bad day, two marks.
The whole record
- Pass0%
- Conditional50%
- Fail50%
- ConditionalDec 23, 2025License Re-InspectionRisk 1 (High)
- 3
Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
No written employee health policy on site for all employees. Must provide. Priority foundation violation.
- 3
- FailDec 12, 2025LicenseRisk 1 (High)
- 1
Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
No city of Chicago sanitation certificate on the premises.
- 2
City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
No city of Chicago sanitation certificate on the premises. Priority foundation violation.
- 3
Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
No written employee health policy on site for all employees. Must provide. Priority foundation violation.
- 10
Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
Must provide hand washing signage at the bar hand washing sink.
- 10
Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
Must remove hand washing soap dispenser from the bar one compartment dump sink.
- 16
Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
Unable to operate the chlorine chemical dish machine at the bar. Instructed to demonstrate the wash, rinse and sanitize cycles of the machine and must properly dispense chlorine sanitizer. Priority violation.
- 33
Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
Missing door gaskets on the two door cooler in the main kitchen and cooler turned off. Must repair to maintain a temperature of 41f or below. Priority violation.
- 38
Insects, rodents, & animals not present
No pest control log book on premises or service report available for review. Must provide all required documentation and have a licensed pest control co. Service establishment. Priority foundation violation.
- 39
Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
Must provide a splash guard on the left side of the main kitchen hand washing sink.
- 47
Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Must not use duct tape as a means to secure hand washing signage throughout. Must be smooth and cleanable.
- 48
Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
No quaternary chemical test strips for the quaternary sanitizer being used at the three compartment sinks. Must provide. Priority foundation violation.
- 49
Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
Must not use tinfoil as liner for the grease trap and metal prep tables. Any rust on the metal surfaces must be removed to be smooth and cleanable.----broken door handle on the main kitchen box freezer. Instructed to replace/repair.
- +5 more
- 1
Fails sit above the line, passes below. Every inspection the city has published for this licence.
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What it gets cited for
- 32×
Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- 102×
Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- 492×
Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- 552×
Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- 11×
Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- 21×
City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
- 161×
Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- 331×
Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
Counted across every inspection on record here. A code that keeps coming back is the more telling signal.
Source
Published by the Chicago Department of Public Health as Food Inspections, updated weekly. This page shows every row the city holds under licence 3060628 — a business that changed hands may carry history from its predecessor.