Read more about the article Restaurant closures, failures down under new restaurant health inspection system
KFC & A&W, 1321 N Dunlap Ave., Champaign The health department closed the restaurant Aug. 22 due to “gross unsanitary conditions” during its routine inspection. No details were provided in the report. On Thursday, November 29, 2018. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Restaurant closures, failures down under new restaurant health inspection system

Since 2019, at least 63 Champaign-Urbana restaurants have failed and 19 have been temporarily closed down by public health officials under a new restaurant inspection system launched that year. 

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Read more about the article Illinois Small Business Association releases Restaurant Revitalization Fund information
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Illinois Small Business Association releases Restaurant Revitalization Fund information

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced details about the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a program established under the American Rescue Plan Act Congress passed…

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Read more about the article Cockroaches, stray knife among complaints against restaurants in the past six monthsDarrell Hoemann
The McDonalds restaurant at Neil and Marketview in Champaign on Wednesday, February 25, 2015.

Cockroaches, stray knife among complaints against restaurants in the past six months

Restaurant complaints filed in Champaign County over the past six months have ranged from a restaurant running out of napkins to a cockroach crawling out of a customer’s food.

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Read more about the article How to file a restaurant complaint
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How to file a restaurant complaint

Restaurant goers in Champaign County can call the Champaign Urbana Public Health District at (217) 373-7900 to file a complaint against the business if it’s located in the twin cities, or (217) 363-3269 if it’s in the county.

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Read more about the article Outside Chambana, posting placards is voluntary
The photo illustration shows examples of health inspection compliance posters required to be prominently displayed in food establishments within the Champaign-Urbana city limits. The posters indicate to the public the results of the latest health inspection. The Champaign County Board struck down the proposal in an 11-9 vote to expand the mandate throughout the county.

Outside Chambana, posting placards is voluntary

Anyone entering the Culver's on Neil Street in Champaign will immediately see a placard showing the results of the restaurant's most recent food inspection. Drive one mile south to the Burger King in Savoy, and there is no placard displayed.

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Read more about the article Restaurant inspections – there’s an app for that!
CU-CitizenAccess.org's mobile-friendly app allows users to easily search for a restaurant inspection report. Type a restaurant's name in the search box to see all reports from 2008 to the present.

Restaurant inspections – there’s an app for that!

Heading out to eat and undecided about where to go? CU-CitizenAccess.org's new app could provide you with information to help you make that choice.

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Read more about the article How to find restaurant inspections at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District web siteCU-CitizenAccess.org
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How to find restaurant inspections at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District web site

In September 2014, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District – after years of planning – created a website where citizens could look up restaurant inspection reports in Champaign County. Reports for more than 1,000 restaurants are available on the site, which is constantly updated and go back to 2008.

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Read more about the article Health inspectors temporarily close five eateries; fail four othersDarrell Hoemann
The exterior of Chop Stixs restaurant in Champaign on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. The restaurant failed a re-inspection in December 2013 and was closed from Dec. 1 until it passed a second re-inspection on Dec. 8 with an adjusted score of 90.

Health inspectors temporarily close five eateries; fail four others

Nine restaurants and eateries have failed health inspections since November, including five that were temporarily shut down. At some of the restaurants public health inspectors found dozens of critical violations that included raw sewage on the floor, potentially hazardous food production and dishwasher malfunctions.

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Read more about the article Health district makes moves toward online restaurant reports; publicizing results still under discussionDarrell Hoemann
A worker picks up eggs from a refrigerated cooler on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, at Meatheads Restaurant on South Neil Street in Champaign.

Health district makes moves toward online restaurant reports; publicizing results still under discussion

After spending four years discussing how to best publicize restaurant inspections, county public health officials are now offering Champaign diners a small appetizer of…

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Champaign County restaurants fail inspections but public never told

Geovanti’s Bar & Grill on Green Street failed its restaurant inspections five times from September 2008 through February of this year. But no one who eats there would ever know, unless they took the initiative to request copies of the popular Campustown restaurant’s inspection reports from the local health department.

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