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The Waterford Care Center

7445 N SHERIDAN RD, Chicago, IL 60626 · Cook County

36cited violations
3serious tier
6inspections
31tier not stated

Establishment

Type
Food establishment (Long Term Care)
Inspected by
Chicago Department of Public Health
License / ID
2850901
Status
Risk 1 (High)
Official record
Chicago Department of Public Health inspection reports

Other public records for this business

Year by year

YearInspectionsViolationsSerious
20252131
20242182
2023100
2022150

Inspections

  1. Mar 14, 2025 Canvass Re-Inspection · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
    • Severity not stated

      FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

      CONDENSER UNIT INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN IN THE KITCHEN HAS A BUILD-UP OF EXCESS GRIMES ALSO IS PIPE IS LEAKING.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.

    • Severity not stated

      PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

      FLOOR TILES IN DISH ROOM BROKEN, MISSING AND MOST OF TILES MISSING GROUT.A LOT OF STAGNATE WATER.MUST REPAIR AND KEEP AREA DRY

    • Severity not stated

      ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING

      REPLACE EXPIRED CERTIFICATE FOR CERTIFIED FOOD HANDLERS.RENEW EVERY THREE YEARS

  2. Mar 7, 2025 Canvass · Fail — Risk 1 (High)
    • Serious Priority

      HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED

      OBSERVED EMPLOYEE IN THE DISHROOM HANDLING DIRTY DISHES/GLASSES AND PUT THEM THRU THE HIGH TEMP DISH MACHINE (RINSED HIS HANDS AT HANDWASHING SINK ONLY WITH WATER) AND WITHOUT PROPER HAND WASHING HANDLED AND STORED CLEAN DISHES. MUST WASH HANDS EVERY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.MANAGER CORRECTED THE ISSUE. PRIORITY CITATION:7-38-010,CITATION ISSUED

    • Not serious Priority Foundation

      INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT

      WE OBSERVED OVER TWENTY LIVE ROACHES IN DISHROOM AREAS. WE OBSERVED ADULTS AND BABY ROACHES IN AND OUT OF THE ELECTRICAL BOX (HOLES AND OPENING AT SAID BOX, EAST WALL UNDER THE DISHMACHINE). ROACHES WERE OBSERVED AT THE MOTOR OF DISHMACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL COMPANY. REMOVE ROACHES, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-020(A),CITATION ISSUED

    • Severity not stated

      FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

      CONDENSER UNIT INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN IN THE KITCHEN HAS A BUILD-UP OF EXCESS GRIMES ALSO IS PIPE IS LEAKING.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.

    • Severity not stated

      FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

      OBSERVED PLASTIC USED UNDER THE BROKEN STOPPERS AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE PROPER SINK STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.

    • Severity not stated

      FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

      SHELF USED TO STORE CLEAN DISHES ETC,NOT MAINTAINED.UNIT IS COVERED WITH A BROKEN DIRTY BLUE PLASTIC TARP AND SHELVES ARE COVERED WITH EXCESS DUST, WHICH DANGLING FROM ONE SHELF TO THE OTHER.REMOVE TARP.CLEAN,SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN SAID SHELF.

    • Severity not stated

      TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED

      WASHROOM USED BY CUSTOMERS IN BASEMENT DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SELF CLOSING DOOR DEVICE

    • Severity not stated

      PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

      FLOOR TILES IN DISH ROOM BROKEN, MISSING AND MOST OF TILES MISSING GROUT.A LOT OF STAGNATE WATER.MUST REPAIR AND KEEP AREA DRY

    • Severity not stated

      ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS USED

      BROKEN PROTECTIVE LIGHT SHIELD IN STORAGE ROOM.REPLACE

    • Severity not stated

      ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING

      REPLACE EXPIRED CERTIFICATE FOR CERTIFIED FOOD HANDLERS.RENEW EVERY THREE YEARS

    • Not serious Priority Foundation

      PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION CORRECTED

      PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM:5-24-2024,REPORT #2595203 #16)4-602.11(B-E):INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE COMPARTMENTS NOT CLEAN. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT. #39)3-305.11 OBSERVED WRAPPED WASTE PIPE BROKEN,PEELING AND LEAKED WASTE WATER STAINES AT DISHROOM, SAID PIPES MUST BE ENCASED.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE #47) 4-101.11(B, C, D, E): SOME OF LIDS(MISSING/BROKEN) AT HOT HOLDING UNIT WITHOUTH HANDLES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SAID HANDLES. #51)5-205.15: WATER PIPES UNDER THE HIGH TEM DISH MACHINE ARE LEAKING(WEST WALLS).REPAIR ISSUE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-42-090,CITATION ISSUED

  3. May 24, 2024 Canvass Re-Inspection · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
    • Severity not stated

      FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED

      INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE COMPARTMENTS NOT CLEAN. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT.

    • Severity not stated

      CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY

      OBSERVED WRAPPED WASTE PIPE BROKEN,PEELING AND LEAKED WASTE WATER STAINES AT DISHROOM,KITCHEN ABOVE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. SAID PIPES MUST BE ENCASED.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE

    • Severity not stated

      FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

      SOME OF LIDS(MISSING/BROKEN) AT HOT HOLDING UNIT WITHOUTH HANDLES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SAID HANDLES.

    • Severity not stated

      NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

      MUST NOT USE ALUMINIMUM FOIL AS LINER UNDER THE BURNER OF THE STOVE. MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE SURFACE.

    • Severity not stated

      PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES

      FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK ARE DRIPPING,REPAIR ISSUE. WATER PIPES UNDER THE HIGH TEM DISH MACHINE ARE LEAKING(WEST WALLS).REPAIR ISSUE

    • Severity not stated

      PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

      WATER ON FLOORS UNDER THE DISHMACHINE,FROM LEAKING PIPES.MUST KEEP FLOOR DRY.ALSO BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE ON WALL AT SAME AREA. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

    • Severity not stated

      PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

      OBSERVED OPEN WALL BASE BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. THE FACILITY MUST PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.

  4. May 22, 2024 Canvass · Fail — Risk 1 (High)
    • Serious Priority

      HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED

      WE OBSERVED EMPLOYEE IN THE DISHROOM HANDLING DIRTY DISHES/CUPS AND PUT THEM THRU THE HIGH TEMP DISH MACHINE AND WITHOUT HANDWASHING HANDLED AND STORED CLEAN DISHES. MUST WASH HANDS EVERY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. MANAGER CORRECTED THE ISSUE PRIORITY CITATION:7-38-010,CITATION ISSUED

    • Severity not stated

      FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED

      INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE COMPARTMENTS NOT CLEAN. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT.

    • Serious Priority

      FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED

      A STATIONARY RACK, SINGLE HIGH TEMP DISHMACHINE NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN 160F. PRESENTLY WATER TEMP OF 145F TO 150.6. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ISSUE. TAGGED UNIT "HELD FOR INSPECTION" DO NOT USE. USE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. PRIORITY VIOLATION:7-38-025.CITATION ISSUED.

    • Severity not stated

      CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY

      OBSERVED WRAPPED WASTE PIPE BROKEN,PEELING AND LEAKED WASTE WATER STAINES AT DISHROOM,KITCHEN ABOVE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. SAID PIPES MUST BE ENCASED.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE

    • Severity not stated

      UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED

      MUST NOT STORE CLEAN CUTTING BOARD ON THE BACK-SPLASH OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO MINIMIZE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION

    • Severity not stated

      FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

      SOME OF LIDS(MISSING/BROKEN) AT HOT HOLDING UNIT WITHOUTH HANDLES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SAID HANDLES.

    • Severity not stated

      FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

      MILK CRATES ARE USED AS STORAGE IN THE KITCHEN AREA. THE FACILITY MUST PROVIDE PROPER SHELVING THAT IS ANSI APPROVED TO STORE DRY STORAGE PRODUCTS.RUSTED SHELVING FOUND IN WALK-IN COOLER, WALK-IN FREEZER,SHELF UNDER PREP TABLE IN THE KITCHEN AND DRY STORAGE AREA. THE FACILITY MUST ENSURE SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IS CONSTRUCTED OF A CORROSION-RESISTANT, NONABSORBENT, AND SMOOTH MATERIAL,

    • Severity not stated

      NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

      MUST NOT USE ALUMINIMUM FOIL AS LINER UNDER THE BURNER OF THE STOVE. MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE SURFACE.

    • Severity not stated

      PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES

      FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK ARE DRIPPING,REPAIR ISSUE. WATER PIPES UNDER THE HIGH TEM DISH MACHINE ARE LEAKING(WEST WALLS).REPAIR ISSUE

    • Severity not stated

      PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

      WATER ON FLOORS UNDER THE DISHMACHINE,FROM LEAKING PIPES.MUST KEEP FLOOR DRY.ALSO BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE ON WALL AT SAME AREA. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

    • Severity not stated

      PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

      OBSERVED OPEN WALL BASE BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. THE FACILITY MUST PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.

  5. Feb 28, 2023 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)

    Result: Pass.

  6. Jun 22, 2022 License · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
    • Severity not stated

      FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

      MILK CRATES ARE USED AS STORAGE IN THE KITCHEN AREA. THE FACILITY MUST PROVIDE PROPER SHELVING THAT IS ANSI APPROVED TO STORE DRY STORAGE PRODUCTS.---RUSTED SHELVING FOUND IN WALK-IN COOLER, WALK-IN FREEZER, AND DRY STORAGE AREA. THE FACILITY MUST ENSURE SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IS CONSTRUCTED OF A CORROSION-RESISTANT, NONABSORBENT, AND SMOOTH MATERIAL

    • Severity not stated

      FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

      CASING ON WASTEWATER PIPING ON THE CEILING NEAR THE 3 COMPARTMENT/PREP AREA AND THE DRY STORAGE AREA IS IN DISREPAIR. THE FACILITY MUST REPLACE THE SOLID CASING.

    • Severity not stated

      NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

      OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOORS NEAR DISH MACHINE. THE FACILITY MUST KEEP FLOORS CLEAN OF ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS.

    • Severity not stated

      NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

      WOOD SHELVING IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA IS NO LONGER SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. THE FACILITY MUST REPAIR/REPLACE WOOD SHELVING IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM WITH MATERIAL THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

    • Severity not stated

      PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

      OBSERVED OPEN CRACKS/CREVICES ON THE WALL BEHIND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. THE FACILITY MUST PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health. History last read Oct 1, 2026. Violation text is the inspector's wording. “Serious” is the source's own top tier. About this data.