Cultural Center Golden Diner

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 30, 2015
• address78 E Washington St, Chicago 60602
• cuisineGolden Diner

Is Cultural Center Golden Diner clean?

Cultural Center Golden Diner is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 30, 2015. 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 Cultural Center Golden Diner?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 30, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PAINT/SEAL ENTIRE RAW WOODEN SHELVING UNIT ABOVE THE 1DR REFRIGERATOR SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AT ALL TIMES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PAINT/SEAL ENTIRE RAW WOODEN SHELVING UNIT ABOVE THE 1DR REFRIGERATOR SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR/REPLACE WARPED WALL PANEL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HAND SINK SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. ALSO CAULK BOTTM PORTION OF SAME STATED WALLPANEL TO SEAL OPENING.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR/REPLACE WARPED WALL PANEL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HAND SINK SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. ALSO CAULK BOTTM PORTION OF SAME STATED WALLPANEL TO SEAL OPENING.
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  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST ADJUST TEMP VALVE AT THE HAND WASHING SINK SO AS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 85F FOR 15SECS AT ALL TIMES. ALSO MUST ADJUST TEMP VALVES AT BOTH MEN'S AND LADIES RESTROOM HAND WASHING SINKS SO AS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 85F FOR 15SECS AT ALL TIMES.

When was Cultural Center Golden Diner last inspected?

Cultural Center Golden Diner has 4 inspections on record going back to February 21, 2014.

Cultural Center Golden Diner vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 November 30, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.