Golden Heart Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 10, 2019
• address4210 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632

Is Golden Heart Restaurant clean?

Golden Heart Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 10, 2019. 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 Golden Heart Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNS AT HAND WASKING SINKS, MUST PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL EXPOSED HAND SINKS IN KITCHEN AND FRONT SERVICE STATION.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED NO LABLES ON PREPARED TCS FOODS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND PREP COOLERS. MUST PROPERLY LABEL ALL PREPARED TCS FOODS WITH THE DISCARD DATE NO MORE THAN 7 DAYS FROM PREPARATION DATE. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN SAME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED CONSUMER ADVISORY NOT CORRECTLY NOTED ON MENUS. MUST PROVIDE CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE (*)AND FOOT NOTE, AND REMINDER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. CAN USE BROCHURES, MENU ADVISORIES, LABEL STATEMENTS, TABLE TENTS, PLACARDS, OR OTHER EFFECTIVE WRITTEN MEANS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SMALL AMOUNTS OF BLACK SLIMY, MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE ON INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE DOOR, MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATION INSIDE CHEST FREEZER IN REAR STORAGE ROOM, AND 1 DOOR UPRIGHT FREEZER 1 IN KITCHEN. MUST REMOVE ICE ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND SANITIZE. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SIGN ON DOOR OF MEN'S ROOM ON SOUTH SIDE. OPERATOR STATED TOILET IN DISREPAIR. OPERATOR COULD NOT PROVIDE KEY FOR LOCKED RESTROOM DOOR. OBSERVED BLACK TAPE USED A FORM OF REPAIR FOR HAND SINK FACUET IN REAR OF KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MUST REMOVE TAPE. INSTRUCTED MUST MAKE ALL NECESSARY PLUMBING REPAIRS TO TOLIET, AND HANDSINK. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED LARGE HOLE AROUND PIPES IN WALLS UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT SERVER STATION. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAME. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DEBRIS, AND DIRT BUILD UP ON FLOORS UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT SERVER STATION. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS.

When was Golden Heart Restaurant last inspected?

Golden Heart Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2016.

Golden Heart Restaurant vs Brighton Park

Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.

Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 July 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.