Banana Leaf

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 29, 2017
• address1948 E 79Th St, Chicago 60649

Is Banana Leaf clean?

Banana Leaf is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 29, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Banana Leaf?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 29, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF ALL REACH-IN COOLERS IN THE PREP AREA OF FOOD DEBRIS AND FOOD SPILLS,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES OF FOOD PARTICLES AND DIRT ,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES OF FOOD PARTICLES AND DIRT ,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN THE REAR OF PREMISES OF DIRT BUILD-UP,WALL VENTS IN REAR OF PREMISES,AND LIGHT SHEILD COVERS IN PREP AREA,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN THE REAR OF PREMISES OF DIRT BUILD-UP,WALL VENTS IN REAR OF PREMISES,AND LIGHT SHEILD COVERS IN PREP AREA,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE CLUTTER FROM THE STORAGE CLOSETS IN REAR OF PREMISES,TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE

When was Banana Leaf last inspected?

Banana Leaf has 5 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2016.

Banana Leaf vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 29, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.