Afro Taste Cuisine

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 9, 2025
• address1010 W Argyle St, Chicago 60640

Is Afro Taste Cuisine clean?

Afro Taste Cuisine is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Afro Taste Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED WITH COMMON NAME (CASSAVA FLOUR, SUGAR, SPICE MIX ETC) IN REAR DRY STORAGE ROOM.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION IN REAR DRY STORAGE ROOM. MUST USE SHELVES 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED MOP SINK FAUCET WITH ATTACHED HOSE ADAPTER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE. • INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SLOW DRAINING HAND SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED LEAVES AND DEBRIS ON GROUND UNDER AND AROUND GARBAGE DUMPSTER IN REAR OUTSIDE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED LEAVES AND DEBRIS ON GROUND UNDER AND AROUND GARBAGE DUMPSTER IN REAR OUTSIDE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN REAR DINING/DRY STORAGE AREA ESPECIALLY UNDER AND AROUND REACH-IN COOLERS AND FREEZER AND FLOORS INSIDE REAR BOILER ROOM. • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REORGANIZE BEHIND FRONT COUNTER SHELVES, REAR DRY STORAGE ROOM AND IN REAR BOILER ROOM. USABLE ITEMS MUST BE STORED 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING AND TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, ALL FOOD HANDLERS THAT DO NOT HAVE CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE SHALL COMPLETE AN APPROVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROGRAM.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, ALL FOOD HANDLERS THAT DO NOT HAVE CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE SHALL COMPLETE AN APPROVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROGRAM.

When was Afro Taste Cuisine last inspected?

Afro Taste Cuisine has 3 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2024.

Afro Taste Cuisine vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 April 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.