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Chema's Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 15, 2025
- address3434 W North Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Chema's Restaurant clean?
Chema's Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 15, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chema's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINER ON FOOD PREP EQUIPMENT AND TABLES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. • OBSERVED STORAGE RACKS IN REACH IN COOLER ENCRUSTED WITH FOOD DEBRIS AND RUST, SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED REACH IN FREEZER WITH BEING HELD CLOSED WITH PARING KNIFE, GASKET IS TORN AND INTERIOR BROKEN WITH INSULATION EXPOSED, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE REACH-IN FREEZER
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED WOMENS TOILET ROOM RECEPTACLE WITH BROKEN LID, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED WOMENS TOILET ROOM RECEPTACLE WITH BROKEN LID, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP, FOOD DEBRIS, AND DIRT ON FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS, AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, DISH WASHING, STORAGE, AND BASEMENT AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS, AND ALL CORNERS IN ALL AREAS. OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON FAN IN WALK-IN COOLER, LIGHT SHIELDS IN COOKING AREA, CEILING, AND WALL VENTS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FANS, LIGHT SHIELDS, AND CEILING/WALL VENTS.
When was Chema's Restaurant last inspected?
Chema's Restaurant has 13 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 18, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 16, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2017 | Pass |
Chema's Restaurant vs Humboldt Park
Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.
Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 69% 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 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.