Dee Dees Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 16, 2023
• address1945 E 79Th St, Chicago 60649

Is Dee Dees Kitchen clean?

Dee Dees Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 16, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dee Dees Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FISH BEING THAWED IN INDIVIDUAL SEAL VACUMN PACKAGES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FORM PACKAGE FOR PROPER THAWING.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FISH BEING THAWED IN INDIVIDUAL SEAL VACUMN PACKAGES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FORM PACKAGE FOR PROPER THAWING.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • ALL FOOD HANDLERS IN NEED OF PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Personal Cleanliness • ALL FOOD HANDLERS IN NEED OF PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • ANY AND ALL SPONGES THAT ARE WORN OR DISCOLORED IN NEED OF REPLACING OFTEN. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NO MOP SINK INSTALLED ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE MOP SINK.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • UNISEX TOILET IN NEED OF COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • UNISEX TOILET IN NEED OF COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Dee Dees Kitchen last inspected?

Dee Dees Kitchen has 3 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2023.

Dee Dees Kitchen vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.