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Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 29, 2019
- address1625 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614
Is Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen clean?
Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 29, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 29, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO COMPLY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO NECESSARY ITEMS/KIT ON SITE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE VOMIT AND DIARHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE AND NECESSARY ITEMS/KIT (DISPOSAL MOP HEAD, SINGLE USE GLOVES, FACE MASK AND APPROVED CHEMICAL SANITIZER)/ ON SITE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • AS OF INSPECTION DATE OF 03/29/19, OBSERVED READY TO EAT/TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS, *40LBS OF BEEF MARINATED STEAK, AT $100.00:3/19/19 *5LBS OF COOKED LAMB PIE, AT 10.00:3/19/19 *6.5LBS OF TAHINI SAUCE, AT $23.00:3/17/19 STORED IN COLD HOLDING UNITS, WITH OTHER FOODS, PAST APPROPRIATELY MARKED DATE. INFORMED MANAGER THAT DATE MARKED READY TO EAT/TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS SHALL BE DISCARDED OR HELD IN A DESIGNATED/SEPARATE STORAGE AREA, IF STILL IN STORAGE AFTER 7 DAYS OF PRODUCTION/ DISCARD OR CONSUMPTION DATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD OR SEPARATE READY TO EAT/TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS WHICH EXCEEDS APPROPRIATELY MARKED DATE OF PRODUCTION/ DISCARDED OR CONSUMPTION DATES. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED 51.5LBS, $133.00 PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD AT LEFT SIDE OF HAND SINK ADJACENT TO DISHWASHER DRAIN BOARD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD AT SAID LOCATION. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD AT LEFT SIDE OF HAND SINK ADJACENT TO DISHWASHER DRAIN BOARD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD AT SAID LOCATION. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SMALL LEAK AT DRAIN PIPE UNDERNEATH HAND SINK ADJACENT TO DISH MACHINE IN REAR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CRACKED FLOOR TILE ON FLOOR AREA IN FRONT OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND ENSURE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED CRACKS AND CREVICES THROUGHOUT FLOOR GROUTING IN DISH WASHING AREA AND FRONT PREP AREA.INFORMED MANAGER THAT SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RESURFACE AREA AND ENSURE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
When was Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen last inspected?
Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen has 15 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 13, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| March 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 9, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 21, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2017 | Fail | |
| May 19, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 24, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2015 | — | |
| June 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 28, 2013 | Pass |
Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 March 29, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.