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Dom's Kitchen & Market
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 7, 2023
- address1233 N Wells St, Chicago 60610
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Dom's Kitchen & Market clean?
Dom's Kitchen & Market is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 7, 2023. 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 Dom's Kitchen & Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 7, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalHands Clean & Properly Washed • OBSERVED MULTIPLE FOOD EMPLOYEES IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA, MEAT AREA, AND BAR AREA USE PERSONAL CELL PHONE AND PUT DISPOSABLE GLOVES ON TO PREPARE FOOD AND DRINKS WITHOUT WASHING HANDS BETWEEN TASKS. FOOD EMPLOYEE MUST PRACTIVE GOOD HYGIENE BY PROPERLY WASHING HANDS WHEN CHANGING TASKS. DISCUSSED PROPER HAND WASHING WITH EMPLOYEE AND MANAGERS ON SITE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • FACILITY IS COMINGLING SHELLSTOCK IN SEAFOOD DISPLAY CASE (CLAMS AND MUSSELS). OBSERVED DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SHELLSTOCK STORED IN SAME ICE DISPLAY CASE. FACILITY MUST NOT COMINGLE SHELLSTOCK WITH BATCHES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT CERTIFICATION NUMBERS, HARVEST DATES, OR GROWING AREAS. ON SITE MANAGER SEPARATED SHELLSTOCK IN DISPLAY CASE WHILE ON SITE. SEE ABOVE FOR PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.criticalRequired Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • FACILITY IS COMINGLING SHELLSTOCK IN SEAFOOD DISPLAY CASE (CLAMS AND MUSSELS). OBSERVED DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SHELLSTOCK STORED IN SAME ICE DISPLAY CASE. FACILITY MUST NOT COMINGLE SHELLSTOCK WITH BATCHES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT CERTIFICATION NUMBERS, HARVEST DATES, OR GROWING AREAS. ON SITE MANAGER SEPARATED SHELLSTOCK IN DISPLAY CASE WHILE ON SITE. SEE ABOVE FOR PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • MEASURED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF THE FOLLOWING FOODS FOUND IN THE 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN CAFE AREA AND SUSHI 2 DOOR COOLER; 80LBS OF PREMADE SANDWICHES AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (SMOKEY BBQ, SWEET/SPICY, DOUBLE BACON, DOUBLE SAUSAGE, DOUBLE EVERYTHING, STEAK, GOUDA MORNING, GREEN EGGS/JAM, SPICY CHORIZO BURRITO, SKIM MILK, WHOLE MILK, AND CREAM CHEESE) MEASURED BETWEEN 48-51F AND CHOPPED CABBAGE AND POTATO SALAD MEASURED AT 47F. APPROXIMATELY 80LBS OF FOOD WAS DISCARDED AT A TOTAL APPROXIMATE COST OF $248.25. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyProper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER MEASURED AT IMPROPER AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 48F. ALL TCS FOODS HAVE BEEN DISCARDED. REFER TO VIOLATION #22. UNIT WAS TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. FACILITY MUST CONTACT [email protected] TO HAVE STICKER REMOVED IF THE UNIT HAS BEEN REPAIRED PROPERLY AND MAINTAINING A TEMP. OF 41 AND BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED PREPARED SALMON PATTYS IN THE MEAT DEPARTMENT AND MASHED POTATOES IN THE MAIN KITCHEN COVERED WHILE COOLING. FOOD MUST BE UNCOVERED DURING COOLING, IF PROTECTED FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • THERMOMETERS IS NOT PROVIDED IN PREP-LINE COOLERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND WALK-IN COOLERS THROUGHOUT. COLD/HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT USED FOR TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE THERMOMETER IN AN EASILY VIEWED LOCATION.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED HEAVILY SOILED WITH DUST AND FOOD DEBRIS ON DISPLAY UNITS FAN GUARD OF THE BOTTOM OF THE COOLERS THAT HOLD PRE-PACKAGED FOODS, BEVERAGES (NEAR BUFFET LINE) AND DAIRY PRODUCTS NEAR STORE AISLES. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Dom's Kitchen & Market last inspected?
Dom's Kitchen & Market has 8 inspections on record going back to October 13, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 13, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| December 7, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2022 | Pass |
Dom's Kitchen & Market vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 December 7, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.