Dawali Mediteranean Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 27, 2013
• address4911 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Dawali Mediteranean Kitchen clean?

Dawali Mediteranean Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 27, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Dawali Mediteranean Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 27, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • NO SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE/OR PAPER TOWELS AT HAND WASHING BOWL AT TIME OF INSPECTION. OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS USING COMMON TOWELS FOR DRYING HANDS. INSTRUCTED PAPER TOWELS MUST BE PROVIDED AT ALL TIMES, THE USE OF COMMON TOWELS IS NOT PERMITTED. ONE EMPLOYEE WENT OUT AND PURCHASED PAPER TOWELS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-030.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. (COOKING/PREPARING/SERVING, MEATS, HUMMUS, RICE, SOUP AT TIME OF INSPECTION.) A CITY CERTIFICATE FOR NASSER I AMER POSTED, BUT PERSON NOT ON DUTY AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES WITH A CITY CERTIFICATE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-012.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE ON EQUIPMENT; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE; ONE DOOR FREEZER, FRYER AND SLICE AT PREP AREAS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS/FOOD DEBRIS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND AT REAR DISH WASHING AREA; INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT, DISH MACHINE AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS/FOOD DEBRIS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND AT REAR DISH WASHING AREA; INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT, DISH MACHINE AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE EQUIPMENT AT PREP AREAS; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LIGHT SHIELDS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • RUST ON GREASE TRAP UNDER 2 COMPARTMENT SINK AT FRONT PREP AREA; INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST AND REPAINT TRAP.

When was Dawali Mediteranean Kitchen last inspected?

Dawali Mediteranean Kitchen has 6 inspections on record going back to January 18, 2011.

Dawali Mediteranean Kitchen vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 September 27, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.