Az Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 13, 2024
• address6253 N Mccormick Rd, Chicago 60659

Is Az Restaurant clean?

Az Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 13, 2024. 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 Az Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2024, 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 • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE INTERIOR TOP NOT CLEAN .ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NO STEM THERMOMETER PROVIDED ON SITE TO BE ABLE TO CHECK FOOD TEMPERATURE, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-005. BY THE TIME I FINISHED REPORT MANAGER PROVIDED A STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • WASHED UTENSILS ARE HANGING FROM SHELF BY THE HANDWASHING SINK AND ABOVE THEE COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE ITMES TO MINIMIZE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • WASHED UTENSILS ARE HANGING FROM SHELF BY THE HANDWASHING SINK AND ABOVE THEE COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE ITMES TO MINIMIZE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • MUST NOT USE TAPE AS PADDING FOR THE KNIFE HANDLE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • MUST NOT USE TAPE AS PADDING FOR THE KNIFE HANDLE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE TWO AND THREE DOOR REACH-IN COOLERS IN THE KITCHEN.REPLACE • MUST NOT USE PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS AS FOOD CONTAINERS INSIDE THE CHEST FREEZERS. MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD BOXES AS FOOD CONTAINERS. MUST USE WASHABLE CONTAINERS OR FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS. • MUST PROVIDE PROPER SINK STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST NOT USE TIN FOIL AS LINER FOR COOKING EQUIPMENTAND SHELVING. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. GREASE AT INTERIOR OF DEEP FRYER CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE PROVIDED SMALL ICE MACHINE WATER LINE,AT FRONT SERVING AREA. MUST INSTALL SO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAIN,OR TO KNOW THE LOCATION
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP WITH EXCESS RUST AND GRIME.CLAIN /PAINT AND MAINTAIN.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP WITH EXCESS RUST AND GRIME.CLAIN /PAINT AND MAINTAIN.

When was Az Restaurant last inspected?

Az Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to March 12, 2024.

Az Restaurant vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 13, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.