Gen Hoe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 6, 2018
• address501 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60612

Is Gen Hoe clean?

Gen Hoe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 6, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Gen Hoe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 6, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Potentially Hazardous Food Properly Thawed • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (SHRIMP) BEING THAWED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA IN A CONTAINER ON THE FLOOR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED ON PROPER THAWING METHODS FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  Potentially Hazardous Food Properly Thawed • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (SHRIMP) BEING THAWED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA IN A CONTAINER ON THE FLOOR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED ON PROPER THAWING METHODS FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WAS PRESENT WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (RICE AT 172.2F) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED PLASTIC AND STYROFOAM CUPS, SINGLE USE UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT AND PACKAGED FOODS STORED IN THE WASHROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT OR FOOD IN THE WASHROOM.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED PLASTIC AND STYROFOAM CUPS, SINGLE USE UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT AND PACKAGED FOODS STORED IN THE WASHROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT OR FOOD IN THE WASHROOM.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE 1 DOOR FREEZER. OBSERVED FROZEN FOODS STORED IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS AND CARDBOARD BOXES IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS AND CONTAINERS ONLY.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE 1 DOOR FREEZER. OBSERVED FROZEN FOODS STORED IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS AND CARDBOARD BOXES IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS AND CONTAINERS ONLY.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: PREP TABLES, STEAM TABLE AND SHELVES ABOVE THE STEAM TABLE, INTERIOR OF PREP COOLERS, LIGHT SHIELDS, STOVE, DEEP FRYERS, MICROWAVE AND WOK STATION.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOODS STORED IN BAGS ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOODS AT LEAST 6" OFF OF THE FLOOR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOODS STORED IN BAGS ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOODS AT LEAST 6" OFF OF THE FLOOR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA. CLEAN THE DUST ON THE CEILING TILES. CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA. CLEAN THE DUST ON THE CEILING TILES. CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE ALL OF THE EMPTY CANS UNDERNEATH THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.

When was Gen Hoe last inspected?

Gen Hoe has 5 inspections on record going back to January 17, 2017.

Gen Hoe vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 June 6, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.