Great Taste House

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 25, 2011
• address2342 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Great Taste House clean?

Great Taste House is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 25, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Great Taste House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 25, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL BULK FOOD CONTAINER, STORE FOODS IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS, REMOVE FROM GROCERY BAGS AND GARBAGE RECEPTACLES.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL BULK FOOD CONTAINER, STORE FOODS IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS, REMOVE FROM GROCERY BAGS AND GARBAGE RECEPTACLES.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PAINT RUSTY HANGING UNITS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND KITCHEN PREP AREA. REMOVE CRATES BEING USED TO STORE ITEMS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING/RACKS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND STORAGE AREAS. PROVIDE SELF DRAINING ICE BIN CONTAINER AT BEVERAGE PREP AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PAINT RUSTY HANGING UNITS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND KITCHEN PREP AREA. REMOVE CRATES BEING USED TO STORE ITEMS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING/RACKS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND STORAGE AREAS. PROVIDE SELF DRAINING ICE BIN CONTAINER AT BEVERAGE PREP AREA.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE FOLLOWING: UNDER AROUND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, DEEP FRYERS, WOKS, PREP SHELVES, PREP TABLES, RACKS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, GREASE TRAPS, BULK FOOD STORAGE AREA, AND INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. REPAIR CRACKED FLOOR SECTIONS AT DINING AREA, CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS AT FRONT AND REAR, ALONG WALL BASE TO REMOVE DARK BLACK STAINS, SPILLS, DEBRIS, CLEAN FLOOR INSIDE WOMENS TOILET ROOM, AND MAKE FLOOR SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AT REAR STORAGE AREA/WALK IN FREEZER TO REMOVE STANDING WATER SECTION.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. REPAIR CRACKED FLOOR SECTIONS AT DINING AREA, CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS AT FRONT AND REAR, ALONG WALL BASE TO REMOVE DARK BLACK STAINS, SPILLS, DEBRIS, CLEAN FLOOR INSIDE WOMENS TOILET ROOM, AND MAKE FLOOR SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AT REAR STORAGE AREA/WALK IN FREEZER TO REMOVE STANDING WATER SECTION.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CLEAN WALLS IN MAIN KITCHEN, REMOVE YELLOW STAINS AT CEILING AND WALLS AND DUST BUILDUP, CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD, CLEAN WALLS AT PREP AREAS, AROUND TWO COMPARTMENT SINK, REPAIR WALL BASE IN DINING AREA AND BULK FOOD STORAGE AREA, CLEAN WALLS IN WALK-IN COOLER.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CLEAN WALLS IN MAIN KITCHEN, REMOVE YELLOW STAINS AT CEILING AND WALLS AND DUST BUILDUP, CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD, CLEAN WALLS AT PREP AREAS, AROUND TWO COMPARTMENT SINK, REPAIR WALL BASE IN DINING AREA AND BULK FOOD STORAGE AREA, CLEAN WALLS IN WALK-IN COOLER.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE LIGHT BULB INSIDE HOT HOLDING UNIT AND UNDER VENTILATION HOOD.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR VENTILATION AT TWO OF THREE VENTILATION HOODS IN KITCHEN, REPAIR VENTILATION IN MEN AND WOMENS TOILET ROOMS.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • STORE WASH CLOTHS IN CONTAINER WITH SANITZING SOLUTION.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • STORE WASH CLOTHS IN CONTAINER WITH SANITZING SOLUTION.

When was Great Taste House last inspected?

Great Taste House has 4 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2010.

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Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, 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 April 25, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.