Abyssinia Restaurant & Food Market

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2013
• address5842 N Broadway, Chicago 60660

Is Abyssinia Restaurant & Food Market clean?

Abyssinia Restaurant & Food Market is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 24, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Abyssinia Restaurant & Food Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • NOTED OVER 30 FLYING INSECTS AT THE REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA AND FRONT PREP AREA (BAR) ON WALLS, CEILING AND BAGS OF ONIONS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. RECOMMENDED TO CONSULT WITH PEST CONTROL COMPANY. CITATION ISSUED FOR SERIOUS VIOLATION #7-38-020.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Toxic Items Properly Stored, Labeled And Used • NOTED STORAGE SHELVES AT THE REAR KITCHEN CABINET WITH ASSORTED BRANDS OF TOXIC ITEMS (BLEACH, MR. CLEAN,LYSOL ETC) STORED ABOVE FOOD PRODUCTS BAGS OF FLOUR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DESIGNATED AREA TO STORE ALL CHEMICALS AWAY FROM FOOD ITEMS.MANAGER IMMEDIATELY HAD EMPLOYEES START REMOVING ITEMS FROM SHELVES. CITATION ISSUED FOR SERIOUS VIOLATION #7-38-005(A)
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NOTED WATER LEAKING FROM PIPE UNDERNEATH 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.ALSO CLEAN FANS INSIDE REACH IN COOLER AT THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA.

When was Abyssinia Restaurant & Food Market last inspected?

Abyssinia Restaurant & Food Market has 5 inspections on record going back to February 25, 2011.

Abyssinia Restaurant & Food Market vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 September 24, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.