Asian Cajun

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 16, 2018
• address2428 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Asian Cajun clean?

Asian Cajun is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 16, 2018. 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 Asian Cajun?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2018, 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 • PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO DISCLOSURE ON MENUS FOR RAW/UNDERCOOKED FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A DISCLOSURE ON MENUS AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER IN FOOD PREP AREA PREPING AND SERVING FOOD WITHOUT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER IN FOOD PREP AREA PREPING AND SERVING FOOD WITHOUT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORED WIPING CLOTHES IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP ON TOP AND SIDES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED RUSTY STORAGE SHELVING IN BASEMENT. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE. OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. MUST PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO VISIBLE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN 1ST FLOOR AND BASEMENT. MUST PROVIDE A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON BOTH ICE MACHINES AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION.NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING FLOOR TILES IN FRONT PREP AREA INFRONT OF EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER STORAGE SHELVING AND ALONG WALLBASE IN BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT.MUST REMOVE CLEAN AND ORGANIZE AREA TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. OBSERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN BASEMENT ABOVE HAND WASHING SINK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • : OBSERVED NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSON WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING AND TO MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090. NO CITATION ISSUED.

When was Asian Cajun last inspected?

Asian Cajun has 6 inspections on record going back to November 12, 2015.

Asian Cajun vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 July 16, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.