Campbell's Caribbean Cuisine

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 18, 2016
• address1225 E 87Th St, Chicago 60619

Is Campbell's Caribbean Cuisine clean?

Campbell's Caribbean Cuisine is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Campbell's Caribbean Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES, 29LBS OF OXTAILS AT 107.2F, 3 LBS OF MACARONI & CHEESE AT 97.3F, 7LBS OF CURRY CHICKEN AT 106.8F, 2LBS OF BROWN STEW AT 112.1F, 10LBS OF JERK CHICKEN AT 114.6F AND 4 LBS OF YAMS AT 96.4F ALL IN THE STEAM TABLE. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED APPROXIMATELY 55LBS OF FOOD VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $350. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HOT FOOD AT 140.0F OR HIGHER. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (CHICKEN, OX TAILS, YAMS, MACARONI & CHEESE, ETC) ARE BEING PREPARED/SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED/SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. ALSO OBSERVED BASEBOARDS LOOSE/HANGING/MISSING IN THE WOMENS RESTROOM CORNER STALL, KITCHEN UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND INSIDE OF THE DRY STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FLOORS AND PROVIDE/MAINTAIN BASEBOARDS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. ALSO OBSERVED BASEBOARDS LOOSE/HANGING/MISSING IN THE WOMENS RESTROOM CORNER STALL, KITCHEN UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND INSIDE OF THE DRY STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FLOORS AND PROVIDE/MAINTAIN BASEBOARDS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET ARM LEAKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED CLUTTER IN THE REAR STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNUSED ITEMS OR BETTER ORGANIZE THEM.

When was Campbell's Caribbean Cuisine last inspected?

Campbell's Caribbean Cuisine has 16 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Campbell's Caribbean Cuisine 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 18% 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 May 18, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.