Dana Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 16, 2012
• address5868 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Dana Cafe clean?

Dana Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 16, 2012. 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 Dana Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 16, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • ICE ARE NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. ICE MACHINE INTERIOR PANEL,PLASTIC TUBE WITH BROWNISH/BLACK DRIED SUBSTANCE IN CONTACT WITH THE WATER. ICE MACHINE IS NOT MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE INTERIOR PANEL AND PLASTIC TUBE. TAGGED THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED NOT TO REMOVE THE TAG. PLEASE FAX LETTER TO 312-746-4240, ATTENTION BRIAN TURKALY, WHEN THE ICE MACHINE IS CLEANED AND SANITIZED. CITATION ISSUED, SERIOUS 7-38 005(A).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING VENT COVER INSIDE BOTH WASHROOM WITH DUST BUILT UP. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN. MUST RE ADJUST THE THRESHOLD OF THE FRONT AND EXIT DOOR. PEELING PAINT ON THE WALLS BEHIND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST SCRAPE. STAINED CEILING IN THE PREP AREA AND INSIDE ONE OF THE WASHROOM. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING VENT COVER INSIDE BOTH WASHROOM WITH DUST BUILT UP. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN. MUST RE ADJUST THE THRESHOLD OF THE FRONT AND EXIT DOOR. PEELING PAINT ON THE WALLS BEHIND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST SCRAPE. STAINED CEILING IN THE PREP AREA AND INSIDE ONE OF THE WASHROOM. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CLUTTER INSIDE THE MOP SINK CLOSET AND BOTTOM SHELVE OF THE CABINET IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND ELEVATE ALL ITEMS TO HAVE AN EASY ACCESS IN CLEANING THE FLOOR.

When was Dana Cafe last inspected?

Dana Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to August 2, 2010.

Dana Cafe vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, 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 February 16, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.