Gracie O'malley's
Last inspected: Feb 27, 2025
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Score
The health department has logged seven inspections at Gracie O'malley's, the earliest from 2021. Gracie O'malley's was last inspected on Feb 27, 2025. Diners should read medium risk as a signal that some issues exist but aren't extreme.
Recent visits have produced comparable findings, with counts hovering near four violations per visit.
When inspectors have written things up, “physical facilities installed, maintained & clean” has been the most frequent reason, cited nine times.
Compared to other Chicago restaurants (averaging 81), there's room to close the gap. The record is unremarkable in either direction.
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Inspection History
Feb 27, 2025
Routine
1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Hot & cold water available; adequate pressure
Inspector notes: OBSERVED HOT WATER SYSTEM IN POOR REPAIR, NO HOT WATER AVAILABLE TO ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES. FACILITY CONTACTED PLUMBER AND PLUMBER ARRIVED ON-SITE PRIOR TO START OF INSPECTION. PLUMBER DISCONNECTED PREVIOUS HOT WATER TANK AND INSTALLED BRAND NEW WATER TANK, HOT WATER RESTORED TO PLUMBING FIXTURES ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
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Thermometers provided & accurate
Inspector notes: OBSERVED COOLERS ALONG MAIN KITCHEN PREP LINE MISSING INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS IN ALL EQUIPMENT USED TO COLD-HOLD TCS FOOD ITEMS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
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Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried, & handled
Inspector notes: OBSERVED CLEAN EQUIPMENT (PANS, SHEET TRAYS) STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR IN THE WAREWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN ALL CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: OBSERVED SOILED PLASTIC WRAP USED TO COVER NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF WALL-MOUNTED POTATO CUTTER NEAR THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PLASTIC WRAP FROM NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OR REMOVE POTATO CUTTER IF NO LONGER IN USE.
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Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED INTERIOR 1-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER (NEAR FREEZERS) IN MAIN KITCHEN AREA TO BE SOILED WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND OTHER SOILS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF COLD-HOLDING EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
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Jul 8, 2024
Routine
4 minor violations.
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Wiping cloths: properly used & stored
Inspector notes: OBSERVED MULTIPLE WIPING CLOTHS BEING STORED ON TOP OF PREP SURFACES THROUGHOUT REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT & FOOD AND MAINTAIN.
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Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND ENSURE ALL NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES REMAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED GREASE ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ON FLOORS THROUGOUT THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.
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Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
Inspector notes: OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS OF FOOD ON FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES FROM FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS AND MAINTAIN.
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Jun 9, 2023
Reinspection
5 minor violations.
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Insects, rodents, & animals not present
Inspector notes: 6-501.112 REMOVE THE DEAD INSECTS FROM THE FLOOR IN BOTH BASEMENT AREAS.
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Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
Inspector notes: 4-602.13 CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE DEEP FRYERS. CLEAN THE PREP COOLERS AND DISH MACHINE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: 6-501.12 CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE WALLS IN THE DISH WASHING AREA.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: 6-501.11 REPAIR THE OPENINGS IN THE CEILING DRYWALL ABOVE THE BAR.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: 6-501.114 REMOVE THE CLUTTER FROM THE BASEMENT FLOOR AND STORE ITEMS OFF OF THE FLOOR TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE CONDITIONS.
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Jun 2, 2023
Routine
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
View 8 violations
Proper date marking and disposition
Inspector notes: OBSERVED READY-TO-EAT TCS FOODS (COOKED CHICKEN, SAUCES, PULLED PORK, ETC.) STORED PAST THE 7 DAY MAXIMUM USE BY DATE IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ALL UNUSED FOOD AFTER THE 7 DAY MAXIMUM. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
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Thermometers provided & accurate
Inspector notes: OBSERVED NO METAL STEM PROBE THERMOMETER ON THE PREMISES TO TAKE HOT AND COLD FOOD TEMPERATURES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
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Insects, rodents, & animals not present
Inspector notes: REMOVE THE DEAD INSECTS FROM THE FLOOR IN BOTH BASEMENT AREAS.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: REPAIR THE BROKEN DOOR HINGE FOR THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR OF THE 3 DOOR PREP COOLER.
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Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
Inspector notes: CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE BROILER, OVEN, MICROWAVE INTERIOR, AND DEEP FRYER. CLEAN THE PREP COOLERS AND DISH MACHINE.
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Sewage & waste water properly disposed
Inspector notes: OBSERVED WATER LEAKING FROM THE CEILING DUCTWORK IN FRONT OF THE BAR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, AND UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND GREASE TRAP. CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE WALLS BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND IN THE DISH WASHING AREA.
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All food employees have food handler training
Inspector notes: OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING.
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Dec 16, 2022
Routine
4 minor violations.
View 4 violations
Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
Inspector notes: OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER, LOCATED IN THE REAR PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINER ON SHELVING UNIT IN WALK-IN COOLER, LOCATED IN THE REAR PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD FROM SHELVING UNITS. ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED UNUSED EQUIPMENT (CHAIRS, AND TABLES) IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE UNUSED EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT POTENTIAL PEST HARBORAGE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED VENT COVERS IN BOTH TOILET ROOMS WITH DUST ACCUMULATION. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE DUST AND MAINTAIN.
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Apr 19, 2021
Reinspection
No violations found.
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Apr 8, 2021
License
2 critical violations. 6 minor violations.
View 8 violations
Sewage & waste water properly disposed
Inspector notes: OBSERVED SEWAGE BACK-UP IN RIGHT SIDE OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WHEN DRAINING WATER IN MIDDLE COMPARTMENT IN PREP/DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL WASTE WATER AND SEWAGE IS DISPOSED PROPERLY. PRIORITY. 7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.
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Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
Inspector notes: OBSERVED IMPROPER AIR TEMPERATURE IN 4-DOOR COOLER IN PREP AREA (45.4F). EQUIPMENT MUST HOLD TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW. PRIORITY. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
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Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
Inspector notes: OBSERVED SOAP AND PAPER TOWEL AT BAR DUMP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.
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Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
Inspector notes: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN AT BAR HANDWASH SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE.
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Thermometers provided & accurate
Inspector notes: OBSERVED NO HANGING THERMOMETER NEAR DOOR IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANGING THERMOMETER FOR ACCURATE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERTURE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED EXPOSED BRICK WALL IN MEN'S RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE WALL SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED RUSTED COMPONENTS ON SPRAYER LOCATED IN DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED MISSING TILES IN CEILING OF MEN'S RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
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Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
Inspector notes: OBSERVED INOPERABLE VENTILATION IN MEN'S RESTROOM. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Gracie O'malley's last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Gracie O'malley's on file is from Feb 27, 2025. The public record contains seven inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Gracie O'malley's?
Across the inspection record, “physical facilities installed, maintained & clean” has been cited nine times, more than any other issue at Gracie O'malley's.
Has Gracie O'malley's inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Gracie O'malley's have averaged around four violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Gracie O'malley's means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.
How often is Gracie O'malley's inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Gracie O'malley's is inspected around two times per year on average.
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