A Chicago health food inspector observed various violations at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in December, including flies around a bar, flooding near a kitchen sink, improperly stored food and more, resulting in the location failing part of its inspection.
The December 17, 2025, food inspection records, publicly available through the Chicago Data Portal, documented violations and made recommendations to the facility manager, which were mostly remedied before the follow-up inspection on December 23.
That includes servicing “all areas affected by pests” when the inspector observed “more than 10 small flies” around a bar area and “more than three small flies” in a dish area.
The hotel manager was also told to fix three compartment sinks in the kitchen that appeared to flood the floor when drained.
Among the more consistent problems was temperature regulation for food and sanitization. The inspector issued citations after observing cooked vegetables, shredded lettuce and kale improperly stored above 41ºF and the hot water dish machine sanitizing utensils below 160ºF.
Other issues noted were small amounts of debris on the floor, underneath sinks and inside the prep cooler, which the inspector instructed the manager to tidy.
In a follow-up inspection days later, the inspector noted most of the observed violations were fixed except for an ice machine lid, which still had a crack on the interior. The inspector instructed the manager to repair or replace the lid.
The Independent has asked the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago for comment.
The last time the Trump Hotel & Tower in Chicago failed a food inspection was in January 2024. Among the violations documented, an inspector noted similar temperature-regulating issues and that the chef reused cleaned mollusk shells to serve oysters.
Those violations were also remedied in a follow-up canvas inspection.
The news of the recent violations, first reported by NOTUS, comes after another report said the Westchester County Department of Health found that Trump’s golf club in Westchester, New York, had improperly stored food, among other violations. Though none of the violations noted by inspectors were ruled "critical."
Last year, the president’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, racked up multiple health violations after an inspector noted that expired milk had been left in the refrigerator, soap was not present at a sink and raw meat had been stored with ready-to-eat food – among other issues.
At the time, the club’s general manager called the report “nothing more than a politically motivated attack.”
The club received a significantly higher health rating after the problems identified in the report were fixed.
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