Curio Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 24, 2010
• address3400 N Lawndale Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Curio Cafe clean?

Curio Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 24, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Curio Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 24, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.OBSERVED RAW WOOD NOT SEALED INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD IN BASEMENT AND KITCHEN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.OBSERVED RAW WOOD NOT SEALED INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD IN BASEMENT AND KITCHEN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.OBSERVED THE SLICER IN BASEMENT NOT CLEAN INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.ALSO CLEAN 1 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.OBSERVED THE WALL BEHIND GRILL NOT CLEAN INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.OBSERVED THE WALL BEHIND GRILL NOT CLEAN INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • All rooms in which food or drink is prepared, or in which utensils are washed, shall be lighted so that a minimum of 50-foot candles of light is available on all work surfaces. OBSERVED THE BASEMENT LIGHT IN POOR REPAIR INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.

When was Curio Cafe last inspected?

Curio Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2010.

Curio Cafe vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 24, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.