Aretha's Dream

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 26, 2019
• address616 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619

Is Aretha's Dream clean?

Aretha's Dream is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 26, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Aretha's Dream?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 26, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE . PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO EMPLOYEE CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. MUST INCLUDE ALL THE NECESSARY ITEMS IN POLICY INCLUDING DISPOSABLE GLOVES, FACE MASK , DISPOSABLE MOP AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER TO KILL THE NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY TO EAT PREPARED FOODS NOT LABELED,( SHRIMP/SAUSAGE) INSIDE COOLER. INSTRUCTED ALL READY TO EAT FOODS PREPARED ON SITE MUST BE IDENTIFIED LABELED WITH DISCARD DATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSEREVED PIPING AT HOOD AND HOOD OVER COOKING EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW DEVICE ON MOP SINK FAUCET.INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • ALL WASHROOMS USED BY FEMALES MUST HAVE A COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR SANITARY NAPKINS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • ALL WASHROOMS USED BY FEMALES MUST HAVE A COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR SANITARY NAPKINS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PIC HAS NO ALLERGENS TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL MANAGERS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO MUST HAVE ALLERGEN TRAINING

When was Aretha's Dream last inspected?

Aretha's Dream has 7 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2016.

Aretha's Dream vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.

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• ✓ Mike's Big Gyros
  clean · February 10, 2017
• ✓ A Piece Of Cake Bakery Inc.
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• ✓ Paradise Grocery Inc.
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• ✓ 7-11-21 Food Mart Inc
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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 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.