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Cafe Salimon
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 1, 2017
- address5809 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659
Is Cafe Salimon clean?
Cafe Salimon is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 1, 2017. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Salimon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscriticalHand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • NOTED NO SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT THE EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK AND IN THE TOILET HAND SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT ALL HAND WASH SINKS. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY HAD EMPLOYEES PUT SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT SINKS. CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-38-030
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNITS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME AND PREPARED BY DATE....ALSO NOTED FOOD ITEMS STORED INSIDE GROCERY BAGS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE APPROVED FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNITS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME AND PREPARED BY DATE....ALSO NOTED FOOD ITEMS STORED INSIDE GROCERY BAGS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE APPROVED FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED ICE MACHINE WITH NO LID (USES A PLASTIC COVER AS LID). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A COVER FOE THE ICE MACHINE....NOTED ICE SCOOP HOLDER STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE SCOOP FROM THE ICE MACHINE AND PROVIDE AN ICE SCOOP HOLDER...NOTED KNIVES STORED UNDERNEATH THE PANINI MACHINE AT THE PREP TABLE.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND PROPERLY STORE ALL KNIVES IN A KNIFE RACK AND MAINTAIN....NOTED CUSTOMERS GOING THE TO FOOD PREP AREA FOR WATER AND COFFEE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT NO CUSTOMERS ARE ALLOWED BEHIND THE PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE A BARRIER AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE KITCHEN TO PREVENT ENTRY.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED ICE MACHINE WITH NO LID (USES A PLASTIC COVER AS LID). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A COVER FOE THE ICE MACHINE....NOTED ICE SCOOP HOLDER STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE SCOOP FROM THE ICE MACHINE AND PROVIDE AN ICE SCOOP HOLDER...NOTED KNIVES STORED UNDERNEATH THE PANINI MACHINE AT THE PREP TABLE.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND PROPERLY STORE ALL KNIVES IN A KNIFE RACK AND MAINTAIN....NOTED CUSTOMERS GOING THE TO FOOD PREP AREA FOR WATER AND COFFEE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT NO CUSTOMERS ARE ALLOWED BEHIND THE PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE A BARRIER AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE KITCHEN TO PREVENT ENTRY.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY AT THE KITCHEN PREP AND REAR DRY STORAGE AREA....ALSO NOTED MISSING TILES AT THE REAR DRY STORAGE BY THE KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY AT THE KITCHEN PREP AND REAR DRY STORAGE AREA....ALSO NOTED MISSING TILES AT THE REAR DRY STORAGE BY THE KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED LARGE OPENING ON WALL AT THE DRY STORAGE AREA BY THE KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN....NOTED STAINED CEILING TILES ON CEILINGS AT THE DINING AREA, BATHROOMS AND REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REPAINT AND/OR REPLACE.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED LARGE OPENING ON WALL AT THE DRY STORAGE AREA BY THE KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN....NOTED STAINED CEILING TILES ON CEILINGS AT THE DINING AREA, BATHROOMS AND REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REPAINT AND/OR REPLACE.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NOTED EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK BY THE PREP TABLE AT THE KITCHEN AREA WITH NO SPLASH GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD AT THE HAND WASH SINK
When was Cafe Salimon last inspected?
Cafe Salimon has 3 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| December 1, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 30, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cafe Salimon vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 1, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.