A Place By Damao

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 19, 2025
• address2621 S Halsted St, Chicago 60608

Is A Place By Damao clean?

A Place By Damao is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 19, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at A Place By Damao?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED A PICTURE ON A CELL PHONE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MUST HAVE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE WITH THE MANAGER ON SITE, NO PHOTOS OR COPIES ARE ALLOWED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012,NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HOT WATER IN THE REAR EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE HOT AND COLD RUNNING AT ALL HAND WASH SINKS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO PROBE STEM THERMOMETER FOR TAKING FOOD TEMPERATURES. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK IS MISSING REQUIRED INFORMATION. MISSING RECORD OF VISITS, MISSING COPY OF SERVICE TICKET THAT SETS FORTH PEST CONTROL IDPH LICENSE NUMBER. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ALL REQUIRED PEST CONTROL RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020 (C), NO CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO SANITIZER TEST STRIP KIT ON-SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A TEST STRIP KIT ON SITE AT ALL TIMES TO MONITOR THE STRENGTH OF THE SANITIZER PROPERLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED • OBSERVED ONE SINK STOPPER MISSING FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO SANITIZER TEST STRIP KIT ON-SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A TEST STRIP KIT ON SITE AT ALL TIMES TO MONITOR THE STRENGTH OF THE SANITIZER PROPERLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED • OBSERVED ONE SINK STOPPER MISSING FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FOOD PREP TABLES AND COOKING SURFACES IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED ALL SHELVES INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER SEVERELY RUSTED. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST, DEEP CLEAN, OR REPLACE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE FOOD PREP/DISHWASHING AREA MISSING A PIPE UNDER THE SINK WHERE WASTEWATER IS DISCARDED. INSTRUCTED REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), NO CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED NO OUTSIDE COMMERCIAL GARBAGE DUMPSTER ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(B), NO CITATION ISSUED
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED NO OUTSIDE COMMERCIAL GARBAGE DUMPSTER ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(B), NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ALL THE FLOORS THROUGHOUT FACILITY IN NEED OF CLEANING. FLOORS ESPECIALLY IN THE STORAGE CLOSETS, UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, AND INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH THE ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST TAKE COURSE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE.

When was A Place By Damao last inspected?

A Place By Damao has 12 inspections on record going back to April 27, 2017.

A Place By Damao vs Bridgeport

Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.

Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.