The Chicago Restaurants Ordered Closed Last Week

CHICAGO, IL — Dozens of Chicago restaurants are slapped with fines for health violations each week, but it takes a serious violation for a restaurant to be ordered closed, the city said. Places are ordered shuttered for reasons such as roach and mice infestations, major plumbing problems, food stored at the wrong temperatures and basic food safety rules not being followed, the city said.

Less-serious violations, which don't require closures, often include issues such as poor ventilation, inadequate lighting, worn seal on refrigerators, a few fruit flies and inappropriate materials like cardboard and paper sitting in the wrong places. Restaurants are required to fix those problems immediately.

These were the restaurants that were ordered closed during the week of June 18, according to the city's Department of Health:

• Fresh Market Place #3 at 5020 W. Fullerton Ave. in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the West Side was ordered closed after the grocery store failed to correct previous violations. The city said that health inspectors found more than 700 mouse droppings throughout the store (including under the cash registers and on produce shelves), and a live cockroach was found under a sink in the taqueria.
• Subway - the location at 240 E. 103rd St. in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the South Side was ordered closed after inspectors found food being stored at hazardously-high temperatures due to inadequate refrigeration, the city said.
• Canton Regio at 1510 W. 18th St. in the Pilsen neighborhood on the West Side was also closed after inspectors said they found inadequate refrigeration. Perishable food was being stored at hazardously-high temperatures in the popular Mexican restaurant, the city said.
• Carniceria Leon II butcher shop at 4301 W. Armitage Ave. in the Hermosa neighborhood on the West Side was ordered closed when health officials said they found around 50 mouse droppings throughout the shop.
• D Chile at 3443 W. 26th St. in Little Village on the West Side was ordered closed after the city said that improper hygienic practices were observed at the Mexican restaurant. Inspectors said one of the staff members was seen putting food on plates with no gloves. The water coming out of faucets at the restaurant was not hot enough, according to the city's data portal.

Information on which Chicago restaurants have been ordered closed is not available on the city's data portal. The city's public health department has committed to sending Patch weekly reports, and we will publish those as long as they are made available.

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