How to file the Cook County retail food establishment license (unincorporated areas) (Israel, national)
For a food business in unincorporated Cook County (Chicago and the suburbs with their own health departments license their own). Mail the application with a check for the license fee to the Environmental Health Division in Bridgeview; plans and the $300 plan review fee go first for a new place.
- Agency
- Cook County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Division
- Where it applies
- Israel, national
- How it's filed
- Paper form, mailed
- Fee
- Varies$150 to $600 a year by seats ($150 for 1 to 25 seats), or $75 to $600 by square footage without seating; plan review $300.
- Renewal
- Every year.
The form, line by line
| Line | What goes there |
|---|---|
| Establishment/Corporation Name | Establishment or corporation name |
| For operation of | For operation of (the kind of food establishment) |
| Address, Town, Zip Code | Establishment address (street, town, IL ZIP) in unincorporated Cook County |
| Telephone # | Establishment telephone |
| No. of Seats | Number of seats (or None) |
| Square Footage | Square footage |
| Other | Other (mobile unit, tavern, packaged liquor, day care...), or None |
| License Fee | License fee from the fee schedule (dollars) |
| Owner/Operator Name(s) | Owner or operator name(s) |
| Owner Address, Town, Zip Code | Owner's address (street, town, ST ZIP) |
| Owner Telephone # | Owner's telephone |
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