Cafe Renee Inc

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 28, 2011
• address6411 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60638

Is Cafe Renee Inc clean?

Cafe Renee Inc is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 28, 2011. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Renee Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 28, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • Adequate and convenient toilet facilities shall be provided. They should be properly designed, maintained, and accessible to employees at all times.NEED TO ADD HAND SINK BEHIND WAIT STATION WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER.(FOR EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS.
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • All dishwashing machines must be of a type that complies with all requirements of the plumbing section of the Municipal Code of Chicago and Rules and Regulation of the Board of Health. NEED TO REATTACH THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, NEED TO REPLACE LEAKING NOZZEL AT 3 COMP. SINK (DUCT TAPE ON IT), (ONLY USING 2 COMPARTMENTS CATCH BASIN IN OUTSIDE) NEED TO REPLACE SPRAYER AT 1 COMP. SINK AT DISH MACHINE.
  Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • All dishwashing machines must be of a type that complies with all requirements of the plumbing section of the Municipal Code of Chicago and Rules and Regulation of the Board of Health. NEED TO REATTACH THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, NEED TO REPLACE LEAKING NOZZEL AT 3 COMP. SINK (DUCT TAPE ON IT), (ONLY USING 2 COMPARTMENTS CATCH BASIN IN OUTSIDE) NEED TO REPLACE SPRAYER AT 1 COMP. SINK AT DISH MACHINE.
• ⚠️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.OBSERVED RUSTY REACH IN COOLER AND RUSTY STORAGE RACKS NEED TO REMOVE THE RUST. REMOVE CONTACT PAPER FRONT WAIT STATION AND RESEAL STORAGE SHELVES.
  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.OBSERVED RUSTY REACH IN COOLER AND RUSTY STORAGE RACKS NEED TO REMOVE THE RUST. REMOVE CONTACT PAPER FRONT WAIT STATION AND RESEAL STORAGE SHELVES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.THE FOLLOWING AREAS NEED DETAIL CLEANING AND SANITIZING REAR SLICER, CLEAN COOLER FAN GUARD COVERS, INTERIOR OF COOLERS , STOVE.
• ⚠️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.REPLACE BROKEN TILES BEHIND WAIT STATION.
  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.REPLACE BROKEN TILES BEHIND WAIT STATION.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.NEED TO REPAIR HOLES IN WALL AT OFFICE, BY FIRE EXT.,AND AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. AND CLEAN WALL BEHIND AND CEILING ABOVE REAR COOLER. CEILING TILE NEEDED ABOVE DISHMACHINE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.NEED TO REPAIR HOLES IN WALL AT OFFICE, BY FIRE EXT.,AND AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. AND CLEAN WALL BEHIND AND CEILING ABOVE REAR COOLER. CEILING TILE NEEDED ABOVE DISHMACHINE.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. NEED TO CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS.
• 🪳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. OBSERVED HANDIPPED ICECREAM, NEED TO PROVIDE RUNNING DIPPER WELL FOR THE ICE CREAM SCOOP. NEED TO PROVIDE UTILITY MOP SINK. REAR CONDENSATION LINE FOR REAR COOLER GOES INTO A BUCKET, AND INTO A PAN NEED TO REPAIR MUST RUN TO PROPER DRAIN LINE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. NEED THERMOMETER IN FRONT COOLER.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. NEED THERMOMETER IN FRONT COOLER.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • All parts of the food establishment and all parts of the property used in connection with the operation of the establishment shall be kept neat and clean and should not produce any offensive odors.OBSERVED CLUTTER IN REAR OFFICE.NEED TO REMOVE ITEMS NOT BEING USED.

When was Cafe Renee Inc last inspected?

Cafe Renee Inc has 4 inspections on record going back to January 21, 2010.

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Against the 157 spots Cooked tracks in Clearing, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 December 28, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.