Cai

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 22, 2019
• address2100 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Cai clean?

Cai is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 22, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cai?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR THE COOKS TO TAKE HOT AND COLD TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • FOUND SEVERAL BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS ON PREP TABLES AND IN STORAGE AREA WITH NO NAME ON THE CONTAINER IDENTIFYING THE INGREDIENTS IN THE CONTAINER; MUST LABEL CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • FOUND DOORS NOT RODENT PROOFED AS REQUIRED TO AVOID RODENT ENTRY. THE BASEMENT SIDE DOOR AND THE BASEMENT OVERHEAD DOOR ON BOTH SIDES WHERE THE DUMPSTERS LOCATED. MUST RODENT PROOF ALL DOORS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACES OF LARGE POTS, COOKING BURNERS, STOVE, FRYERS, WOK STATION, REFRIGERATION UNITS, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, PREP TABLES, STORAGE SHELVES, BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS, STEAMERS AND SINKS.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • FOUND THE ENCLOSED DISPOSAL AREA NOT MAINTAINED IN THE BASEMENT AREA OF THE BUILDING. GREASE FROM THE GREASE RECEPTOR WAS ON THE FLOOR AROUND THE UNIT, GREASE WAS OBSERVED ON THE OUTSIDE AREA OF THE UNIT, SOME GARBAGE WAS ON THE GROUND AROUND THE DUMPSTERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • FOUND THE ENCLOSED DISPOSAL AREA NOT MAINTAINED IN THE BASEMENT AREA OF THE BUILDING. GREASE FROM THE GREASE RECEPTOR WAS ON THE FLOOR AROUND THE UNIT, GREASE WAS OBSERVED ON THE OUTSIDE AREA OF THE UNIT, SOME GARBAGE WAS ON THE GROUND AROUND THE DUMPSTERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLUTTER OBSERVED ON THE OUTSIDE PORCH CONNECTED TO THE REAR KITCHEN AREA; ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN; REMOVE UNNECESSARY ITEMS FROM AREA. • OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE WALL UNDERNEATH THE DISHMACHINE IN THE KITCHEN; SEAL HOLE. OBSERVED HOLES IN THE WALL ALONG THE STAIR CASE LEADING TO THE DISPOSAL AREA; SEAL ALL HOLES. OBSERVED SOME CEILING VENTS IN NEED OF CLEANING IN THE KITCHEN; CLEAN VENTS WHERE NEEDED TO REMOVE DUST/DIRT. • THE WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND VARIOUS KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND THE FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, SINKS, STORAGE SHELVES, DISPOSAL AREA NEED DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE TRASH, FOOD PARTICLES, GREASE ETC. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS AND WALLS. ALSO CLEAN ALL FLOOR DRAINS IN KITCHEN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Cai last inspected?

Cai has 27 inspections on record going back to September 29, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cai vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in Armour Square

• ✓ Sweet Station
  clean · October 7, 2013
• ✓! Ma Gong & La Po
  mid · June 5, 2019
• ✓ Dragon Court Restaurant
  clean · December 18, 2012
• ✓ Lao Hunan Chinese Restaurant
  clean · April 12, 2012
• ✓ Dragon Bowl
  clean · June 28, 2017
• ✓! Minghin Cuisine
  mid · February 14, 2012

See every restaurant inspection in Armour Square →

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 July 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.