Atrium Health Care Center

Kitchen inspections

The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.

Chicago Department of Public Health: The Atrium HLTH Care CTRS, INC

• Mar 25, 2025 (canvass re-inspection): Pass. No violations listed.
• Mar 18, 2025 (canvass): Fail.
  8 violations

  • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: observed ice/food not protected. interior of the ice machines upper water reservoir, ice bin, and all ice contact sides and interior of the machine with black and pink slime substance dripping down into the ice and touching the ice. instructed to clean and sanitize the interior of the ice machine ...
  • Proper cold holding temperatures (Priority). Inspector’s note: we observed cooked pulled turkey stored inside the two door reach-in cooler in the kitchen at improper temperature: 58.6f to 60.5f food discarded and denatured.pounds 40f , value 267. priority violation: 7-38-005,citation issued.
  • Hands clean & properly washed. Inspector’s note: observed employee in the dishroom handling dirty dishes/glasses and put them thru the low temp dish machine and without proper hand washing handled and stored clean dishes.also observed the cook not washing hands every possible contamination as he was preparing food. must wash hands every possible ...
  • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized. Inspector’s note: observed no chlorine detected at the final rinse of the low temperature dish machine,oppm.unit in use. tagged unit "held for inspection" do not use. use three compartment sink and the other low temp dish machine. management instructed to repair and maintain the machine with a final rinse of 100ppm ...
  • Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used. Inspector’s note: must not use milk crates as a means of elevation for stored items.
  • Non-food/food contact surfaces clean. Inspector’s note: excess dry grimes under the low temp dishmachine drian board. must clean and maintain
  • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: repair leaking booster under the tagged low temp dishmachine
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: water between floor tiles under east three compartment sink by the grease trap.repair issue.
• Jul 29, 2024 (canvass re-inspection): Pass w/ Conditions.
  8 violations

  • Summary report displayed and visible to the public (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: previous inspection summary report from 7-24-2024, report# 2597976 not posted conspicuous to consumers as required. posted conspicuous at front entrance was report from 6-7-2023 . inspection summary report must be displayed and visible to the public. priority foundation violation 7-42-010 ...
  • Proper cold holding temperatures. Inspector’s note: we observed cooked pulled turkey stored inside the two door reach-in cooler at improper temperature: 58.6f to 60.5f food discarded and denatured.pounds 40f , value 267.
  • In-use utensils: properly stored. Inspector’s note: ice scoop must be stored in a clean container between use to protect ice scoop from possible contamination
  • Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried, & handled. Inspector’s note: must not store clean cutting board on the back-splash of the three compartment sink.
  • Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used. Inspector’s note: broken rubber gasket inside the milk reach-in cooler.repair /replace
  • Non-food/food contact surfaces clean. Inspector’s note: observed black slime substance under shelf inside the milk cooler,also foul odor.clean and maintain
  • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: repair leaking faucet at three compartment sink by the slice machine.also drain pipes under dishmachine(dairy area)
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: broken grout on floor in different part of kitchen,specially in front of three compartment sinks,dishroom ,repair issue
• Jul 24, 2024 (canvass): Fail.
  11 violations

  • Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: person in charge at the time of inspection does not have a city of chicago sanitation certificate. priority foundation violation. no citation issued -
  • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: no paper towels provided at handwashing sink at front prep area. employee not able to wash hands.paperhanddrying device must be provided at all times for proper handwashing priority foundation violation:7-38-030(c),citation at 10:45am paper towel provided by housekeeping. foundation ...
  • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: front handwashing sink at front prep area,not accessible for handwashing, in front unit a mobile cart with multi use utensils in front of mention sink. cart removed by the manager. priority foundation violation:7-38-030(c). consolidated from above violation
  • Sewage & waste water properly disposed (Priority). Inspector’s note: waste water backing up from floor drain under the grease trap at front dairy dish room area;when water is discarded from low temp dish machine water backing up under the grease trap onto floor throught the mentioned area. instructed to repair cause. priority violation: 7-38-030(c),citation issued
  • City of chicago food service sanitation certificate. Inspector’s note: no original and valid city of chicago food service sanitation certificate posted nor provided on site for present manager on duty. instructed to provide. a least one certified food manager must be on site when food is handled. priority foundation: 7-38-012, citation issued.
  • In-use utensils: properly stored. Inspector’s note: ice scoop must be stored in a clean container between use to protect ice scoop from possible contamination
  • Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried, & handled. Inspector’s note: must not store clean cutting board on the back-splash of the three compartment sink.
  • Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used. Inspector’s note: broken rubber gasket inside the milk reach-in cooler.repair /replace
  • Non-food/food contact surfaces clean. Inspector’s note: observed black slime substance under shelf inside the milk cooler,also foul odor.clean and maintain
  • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: repair leaking faucet at three compartment sink by the slice machine.also drain pipes under dishmachine(dairy area)
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: broken grout on floor in different part of kitchen,specially in front of three compartment sinks,dishroom ,repair issue

Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Pass: No critical or serious violations found. Pass w/ Conditions: Critical or serious violations found and corrected during the inspection. Fail: Critical or serious violations not corrected during the inspection. Priority / Priority Foundation / Core: The city's severity levels under the 2017 Chicago Food Code; Priority is the most serious.

Staff pay and workplace safety

Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.

Federal wage and hour cases

The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.

• Findings for Sep 22, 2014 to Sep 21, 2016. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $89,083 owed to 100 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Atrium Health Care Center (Atrium Healthcase Center LTD). Case 1801799.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Saint Francis Hospital-Evanston, Evanston. 1.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Aperion Care Lakeshore, Chicago. 0.2 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Great Paragon Healthcare, Inc, Chicago. 1.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Walgreens. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 60626 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Fmc - Rogers Park, Chicago, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Evanston Renal Center, Evanston, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Nephron Dialysis Center, Ltd., Chicago, 3.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)

Hospice

30 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60626.
Guardian Healthcare & Hospice, LLC, office in Northfield, 7.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Moments Hospice Of Chicago North LLC, office in Des Plaines, 10.1 miles away, straight line
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Illinois, office in Chicago, 10.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Oak Street Health Physicians Group PC, Chicago. 0.9 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Emergency and natural hazard risk

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively high, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

What we checked

Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.