Am Thai Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 20, 2019
• address3254 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Am Thai Restaurant clean?

Am Thai Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 20, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Am Thai Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HANDWASH SINK AT SMOOTHIE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE/INSTALL A HANDWASH BOWL WITH RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER AT SMOOTHIE PREP AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE NOT MAINTAINED, SANITIZING AT 0 PPM CHLORIINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST TEMPORARILY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE MULTI-USE UTENSILS IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE MUST SANITIZE AT 100 PPM CHLORINE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • NO CONSUMER ADVISORY ON MENU. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE CONSUMER ADVISORY WITH REMINDER AND DISCLSOURE ON MENU OR TABLE TENTS/PLACARDS ON ALL TABLES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • SUSHI PREP COOLER RUBBER DOOR GASKETS RIPPED. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR GASKETS.

When was Am Thai Restaurant last inspected?

Am Thai Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to January 11, 2017.

Am Thai Restaurant vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 March 20, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.