Bagel On Damen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 10, 2011
• address4639 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Bagel On Damen clean?

Bagel On Damen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 10, 2011. 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 Bagel On Damen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 10, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • All employees who handle food shall wash their hands as often as necessary to maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and should conform to hygienic practices prescribed by the Board of Health. POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES, OBSERVED FOOD MANAGER PERFORMING MULTI TASK AND NO WASHING HIS HANDS. CLEANING EQUIPMENT, TOUCHING HIS FACE, CAME OUT OF PREP AREA TO TALK TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, RETURED TO PREP AREA PUT ON GLOVES AND PREPARED A SANDWICH, NEVER WASHING HIS HAND. INSTRUCTED, HANDS MUST BE WASHED AFTER ANY CONTAMINATING CONDITION WITH WARM WATER AND SOAP AT EXPOSED SINK. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-010[A].
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served. NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. [PREPARING SANDWICHES, SALADS, BAGELS.] MUST HAVE A CETIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND BAGELS STORAGE SHELVES/BASKETS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND BAGELS STORAGE SHELVES/BASKETS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST CLEAN FLOORS AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS THRU-OUT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST CLEAN FLOORS AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS THRU-OUT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. MUST SEAL RUSTY GREASE TRAP UNDER 3PART SINK
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • Between uses and during storage ice dispensing utensils and ice receptacles shall be stored in a way that protects them from contamination. CLEANING TOWEL MUST BE PROPERLY STORED.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • Between uses and during storage ice dispensing utensils and ice receptacles shall be stored in a way that protects them from contamination. CLEANING TOWEL MUST BE PROPERLY STORED.

When was Bagel On Damen last inspected?

Bagel On Damen has 3 inspections on record going back to November 15, 2010.

Bagel On Damen vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, 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 February 10, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.