Restaurant Profile
STEVE'S LOUNGE
13200 S BALTIMORE AVE
CHICAGO, IL 60633
CHICAGO, IL 60633
36
Total Inspections
8.3%
Pass Rate
31
Failures
Inspection History
Jun 27, 2025
Result:
Fail
1 violations
Key Violations:
49|NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED SODA GUN HOLDER WITH MINOR ACCUMULATED GRAYISH SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
May 2, 2024
Result:
Fail
5 violations
Key Violations:
|DESIGNATED AREAS USED - Comments: OBSERVED DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELD IN UTENISL STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RPELACE AND MAINTAIN.;;38|INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: OBSERVED OUTER OPENINGS AROUND TRAP DOOR IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.;;47|FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED - Comments: OBSERVED THE THREE DOOR REACH IN COOLER SHELVING RUSTING. OBSERVED RUST DEPOSITS INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE OR DEEP CLEAN TO REMOVE ANY BUILDING RUST AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING ANY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOODS.;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED CLUTTER OF CHRISTMAS TREE AND OTHER ITEMS IN THE WALK IN STORAGE AREA LOCATED AT THE BACK OF THE STAGE AREA IN THE BANQUET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAR OUT, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN TO HELP PREVENT POSSIBLE PEST AND OR INSTECT HARBORING.;;56|ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING
Dec 11, 2023
Result:
Fail
1 violations
Key Violations:
63|REMOVAL OF SUSPENSION SIGN - Comments: OBSERVED FACILITY UPON REOPEN REINSPECTION REQUEST CONDUCTED ON 12/11/23 AT 8:45 A.M. LICENSE SUSPENSION SIGN IS REMOVED FROM SAID OUTSIDE WINDOW. THE ORIGINAL CDPH LICENSE SUSPENSION SIGN REMOVED FROM OUTSIDE FRONT (SOUTH FACING) WINDOW THAT WAS IN PLACE ON DECEMBER 06, 2023 AT 1:00 P.M.. PERSON IN CHARGE WAS INFORMED DURING PREVIOUS INSPECTION THAT CDPH SUSPENSION SIGN SHALL NOT BE ALTERED, COVERED NOR REMOVED BY ANYONE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. (PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-42-050.) CITATION ISSUED.
Dec 7, 2023
Result:
Fail
1 violations
Key Violations:
59|PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION CORRECTED - Comments: 8-404.13 (B:3) : PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2586376 12/6/23 NOT CORRECTED #38-6-501.111 :STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF APPX. 130 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS IN BAR AREA-ALONG LEDGES ON UNDERSIDE OF BAR.BASEMENT- ON OVERHEAD LEDGES LEADING DOWN STAIRS,ON STAIRCASE LEADING TO DIRT AREA AND MIXED IN WITH DIRT, SCATTERED ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT ALL SECTIONS OF BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN & SANITIZE AREAS. MUST HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 12/7/23.(PRIORITY 7-42-090)(CITATION ISSUED)
Dec 6, 2023
Result:
Fail
1 violations
Key Violations:
59|PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION CORRECTED - Comments: PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2585950 11/29/23 NOT CORRECTED #38-6-501.111 :STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF APPX. 130 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS IN BAR AREA-ALONG LEDGES ON UNDERSIDE OF BAR AND ON RAILINGS IN LOWER CABINETS AT BAR.BASEMENT- ON FLOOR BEHIND ICE MACHINE,ON BOTH LEDGES UNDERNEATH LEADING DOWN STAIRS,ON STAIRCASE LEADING TO DIRT AREA AND MIXED IN WITH DIRT, SCATTERED ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT ALL SECTIONS OF BASEMENT,ON TOP OF PILLARS,ON TOP OF UNUSED CAMBRO. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN & SANITIZE AREAS. MUST HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 12/6/23.(PRIORITY 7-42-090)(CITATION ISSUED)
Nov 29, 2023
Result:
Fail
1 violations
Key Violations:
38|INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF APPX. 75 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS IN BAR AREA-ALONG LEDGES ON UNDERSIDE OF BAR AND ON RAILINGS IN LOWER CABINETS AT BAR.BASEMENT- ON FLOOR BEHIND ICE MACHINE,ON BOTH LEDGES UNDERNEATH LEADING DOWN STAIRS AND MIXED IN WITH DIRT, SCATTERED ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT ALL SECTIONS OF BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN & SANITIZE AREAS. RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 11/29/23.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A)(CITATION ISSUED)
Apr 17, 2023
Result:
Pass
0 violations
Apr 10, 2023
Result:
Fail
10 violations
Key Violations:
|DESIGNATED AREAS USED - Comments: ALL LIGHT SHEILDS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DEAD INSECTS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.;;|FACILITIES MAINTAINED - Comments: OUTSIDE RECEPTACLE NOT MAINTAINED. OPEN AND OVERFLOWING WITH TRASH. TRASH STACK AROUND DUMPSTER AND ALONG THE FENCE LINE IN BACK YARD. ALL GARBAGE MUST BE CONTAINED AND DISPOSED OF. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT GARBAGE DISPOSAL COMPANY TO ADD ADDITIONAL SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(B) CITATION ISSUED;;|ORIGINAL CONTAINER - Comments: ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN NEED OF PROPER LABELING CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.;;16|FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED - Comments: CHEMICAL DISHWASHING MACHINE NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING DURING INSPECTION. PREMISES NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND MACHINE WAS CORRECTED ON SITE. NO CITATION ISSUED.;;37|FOOD PROPERLY LABELED;;38|INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: ALL GLUE BOARDS WITH DEAD INSECTS ARE IN NEED OF REMOVING AND INSTALL CLEAN GLUE BOARDS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.;;38|INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: OBSERVED RODENT ACTIVITY IN BASEMENT AREA. IN THE DIRT FLOOR BASEMENT THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 30-40 DROPPINGS ON STORAGE SHELVES AND PILARS WITH CEMENT BOTTOMS. IN LIQUOR SIDE OF BASEMENT THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 30-35 DROPPINGS IN STORAGE MILK CRATES. 10-12 DROPPINGS AT BOTTOM OF STAIR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL AREAS AND CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED;;54|GARBAGE & REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS IN BASEMENT AND OUTSIDE IN BACK YARD AREA IN NEED OF REMOVAL. ALL AREAS ARE CAUSE FOR RODENT HARBORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN CLEAN, ORGANIZED AND FREE OF CLUTTER.;;56|ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING
Feb 8, 2023
Result:
Pass
0 violations
Feb 1, 2023
Result:
Fail
4 violations
Key Violations:
38|INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF MICE DROPPINGS APPX. 300 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS ON FLOOR IN DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA,ON SHELF INSIDE OF BOOK STORAGE SHELF,INSIDE OF LOWER COMPARTMENTS ON DOUBLE OVEN,INSIDE OF FRYER,ON FLOOR IN SMALL BAR AREA,INSIDE OF LOWER CABINETS IN FRONT BAR AREA,ON SHELF AT PHONE AREA,SCATTERED ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT IN BETWEEN MASSIVE CLUTTER AND UNUSED ARTICLES,ON LEDGE BEHIND H2O TANKS,ON LEDGES LEADING TO BASEMENT.ALSO, A DEAD MOUSE ON DIRT GRAVEL LANDING IN BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS. MUST HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 2/1/23.(PRIORITY 7-38-020(A);;49|NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: Inspector Comments: Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FRYER CABINETS.;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: Inspector Comments: Inspector Comments: MUST ELEVATE,REMOVE AND ORGANIZE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT AREAS,2ND FL. LIQUOR STORAGE AREA AND WHERE NEEDED.;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: Inspector Comments: Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED AND MISSING WALL TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.MUST SEAL ALL CRACKS AND GAPS IN WALLS & CEILINGS THROUGHOUT .
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