Delhi Spice

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 15, 2019
• address2657 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Delhi Spice clean?

Delhi Spice is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 15, 2019. 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 Delhi Spice?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 15, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP PROCEDURE AND ALL CLEANING MATERIALS FOR CLEANING VOMIT AND DIARRHEA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE STEM THERMOMETER FOR THE COOK AND MAINTAIN
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTH FOR WIPING THE PREP TABLE, CHOPPING BOARD, DINING TABLES, COOLER, MUST BE STORED ON A BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USES.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE EXTRA LARGE POTS AND PANS THAT DOES NOT FIT ON THE 3 COMPARTMRNT SINK TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LARGE POTS AND PANS WITH SMALLER ONES OR INSTALL A BIGGER 3 COMPT SINK.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE EXTRA LARGE POTS AND PANS THAT DOES NOT FIT ON THE 3 COMPARTMRNT SINK TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LARGE POTS AND PANS WITH SMALLER ONES OR INSTALL A BIGGER 3 COMPT SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MISSING CEILING TILES AND BROKEN CEILING TILES IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • TWO EMPLOYEES HAS NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • TWO EMPLOYEES HAS NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR THE CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Delhi Spice last inspected?

Delhi Spice has 4 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2019.

Delhi Spice vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 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 March 15, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.