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Dream Cafe & Grille
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 24, 2016
- address748 W 61St St, Chicago 60621
Is Dream Cafe & Grille clean?
Dream Cafe & Grille is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 24, 2016. 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 Dream Cafe & Grille?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (26LBS OF CHILI IN A PAN IN 2-DR COOLER AT 53.5-55.7F DEGREES, AND 5LBS OF COOKED CHICKEN IN HOT HOLDING UNIT WITH INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 92.5F DEGREES)AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DENATURED AND DISCARDED. APPROX. WT. 31LBS AND VALUE $70.00. INSTRUCTED THAT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MEET REQUIRED TEMPERATURES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) ISSUED.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE EXTERIOR OF ALL HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT, FOOD CONTACT SURFACES, PREPARATION TABLES, EXTERIOR/INTERIOR BOTTOM OF ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsPremises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE CLUTTER AT REAR ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
When was Dream Cafe & Grille last inspected?
Dream Cafe & Grille has 7 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 23, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| March 24, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 14, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 26, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2014 | Fail |
Dream Cafe & Grille vs Englewood
Englewood runs 59% clean across 303 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 40 mid, 84 cooked.
Against the 303 spots Cooked tracks in Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 24, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.