Firehouse Steak and Lemonade

100 W 87th St, Chicago, IL 60620

Passed · Oct 2, 2025 Directions
80
Good BiteKarma score 80 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 6 of 7 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Oct 2, 2025: passed with 4 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 7 times, plus 12 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 7 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Oct 2

    Short Form Complaint

    4 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
  3. Passed Feb 20

    Complaint

    13 violations
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried, and handled
    • In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  4. 2023
  5. Passed Aug 21

    Complaint

    4 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
  6. 2021
  7. Passed Jun 30

    Complaint

    8 violations
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean

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