Damen Foods

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 16, 2013
• address4635 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60625
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Damen Foods clean?

Damen Foods is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 16, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Damen Foods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DUST BUILD-UP ON EQUIPMENT; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE; CABINETS, COUNTERS, DISPLAY SHELVES AND MOP SINK.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS ON FLOORS, MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS THRU-OUT THE FACILITY.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS ON FLOORS, MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS THRU-OUT THE FACILITY.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CLUTTER NOTED AT REAR STORAGE ROOM, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEAN AND ORGANIZE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ARTICLES MUST BE STORED OFF FLOORS, AWAY FROM WALLS.

When was Damen Foods last inspected?

Damen Foods has 2 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2013.

Damen Foods vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 16, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.