Felfel Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 4, 2016
• address4429 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is Felfel Grill clean?

Felfel Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 4, 2016. 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 Felfel Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE WHILE PREPARING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH TACOS, TAMALES,BURRITOS,ETC. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012. BALIGH TALEB ARRIVED ON SITE AT 11:10AM.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE THE PREP SINK AND ABOVE THE STAIRS GOING TO BASEMENT. MUST REPLACE. MUST SEAL THE GAP AROUND THE PIPE ON THE CEILING IN THE BASEMENT AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE THE PREP SINK AND ABOVE THE STAIRS GOING TO BASEMENT. MUST REPLACE. MUST SEAL THE GAP AROUND THE PIPE ON THE CEILING IN THE BASEMENT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB ON THE HOOD. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE NEXT ROUTINE INSPECTION.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE NEXT ROUTINE INSPECTION.

When was Felfel Grill last inspected?

Felfel Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2015.

Felfel Grill vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, 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 May 4, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.