Cafe Bionda

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 17, 2013
• address1924 S State St, Chicago 60616

Is Cafe Bionda clean?

Cafe Bionda is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 17, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Bionda?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO PERSON ON SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. IE...FISH, CHICKEN, BEEF ETC. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CORRECT VIOLATION AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON SITE.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL KNIVES MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZED CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT KNIVES CAN NOT BE STORED BETWEEN SINK AND WALL MUST STORE IN A CLEAN SANITIZED LOCATION. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL KNIVES MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZED CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT KNIVES CAN NOT BE STORED BETWEEN SINK AND WALL MUST STORE IN A CLEAN SANITIZED LOCATION. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ALL CITTING BOARDS MUST BE REPLACED. WORN WITH DEEP CUTS AND DISCOLORATION. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ALL CITTING BOARDS MUST BE REPLACED. WORN WITH DEEP CUTS AND DISCOLORATION. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE FOLLOWING IN NEED OF CLEANING: INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE, ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, AND INTERIOR OF REACH IN COFFEE STATION COOLER. ALL BAR GUNS AND HOLDERS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP OF FOOD SPILLS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGH OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGH OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS IN DISH AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL SPLATTER MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS IN DISH AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL SPLATTER MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • LEAKS AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS AND HANDSINK IN NEED OF REPAIR.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD HANDLERS IN NEED OF HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD HANDLERS IN NEED OF HAIR RESTRAINTS.

When was Cafe Bionda last inspected?

Cafe Bionda has 9 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2010.

Cafe Bionda vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 September 17, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.