Dream Dinners

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2012
• address2124 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Dream Dinners clean?

Dream Dinners is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 13, 2012. 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 Dream Dinners?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE, FOUND 30LBS OF MASHED POTATOES RANGING FROM 69.08-70.01. FIVE BAG OF POTATOES INSIDE 3PART SINK AND A CONTAINER ON TOP OF PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MUST BE AT 40F OR BELOW. POTATOES DISCARDED, v=$115. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-005(A).
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WASHING HER HANDS INSIDE 3PART SINK. INSTRUCTED HAND MUST BE WASHED AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH WARM WATER AND SOAP. THE WASHING OF HANDS INSIDE A UTENSIL-WASHING SINK IS PROHIBITED. POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-010(A).
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE; FREEZERS, CAN OPENER AND BOTTOM PANELS OF PREP TABLES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER EQUIPMENT AT CORNER AND ALONG WALLS AT PREP AREA AND STORAGE AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER EQUIPMENT AT CORNER AND ALONG WALLS AT PREP AREA AND STORAGE AREA.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES INSIDE UTILITY CLOSET, CLEAN AND ORGANIZE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ARTICLES MUST BE STORED OFF FLOORS, AWAY FROM WALLS.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • INSTRUCTED, FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • INSTRUCTED, FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.

When was Dream Dinners last inspected?

Dream Dinners has 2 inspections on record going back to August 13, 2012.

Dream Dinners vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 August 13, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.