Habibi's Mediterranean & Mexican Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 30, 2018
• address3246 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Habibi's Mediterranean & Mexican Grill clean?

Habibi's Mediterranean & Mexican Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 30, 2018. 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 Habibi's Mediterranean & Mexican Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS, POTS, PANS, FOOD CONTAINERS, TRAYS MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND DUST BUILD-UP.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS, POTS, PANS, FOOD CONTAINERS, TRAYS MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND DUST BUILD-UP.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND GROCERY BAGS BEING USED AS A STORAGE BAG FOR FROZEN FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WITH FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAG.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND GROCERY BAGS BEING USED AS A STORAGE BAG FOR FROZEN FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WITH FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAG.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE FOLLOWING: ALL PREP TABLES,UNDERNEATH THE PREP TABLES, MICROWAVE, EXTERIOR OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COOLERS,EXPOSED HAND SINK, ALL EXTERIOR OF BULK FOOD CONTAINERS.MOP SINK AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA, DISH WASHING AREA, ALONG THE WALL BASE, ALL CORNER, UNDER AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA, DISH WASHING AREA, ALONG THE WALL BASE, ALL CORNER, UNDER AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS BEHIND THE PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP AREA, WALLS BY THE MOP SINK, WALLS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA WITH FOOD STAINED. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MENS WASHROOM WALLS WITH HOLES BEHIND THE WASHBOWL SINK. MUST SEAL THE HOLES AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS BEHIND THE PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP AREA, WALLS BY THE MOP SINK, WALLS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA WITH FOOD STAINED. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MENS WASHROOM WALLS WITH HOLES BEHIND THE WASHBOWL SINK. MUST SEAL THE HOLES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MISSING TWO MORE WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS FOR THE 3 COMPT SINK. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED TWO EMPLOYEES PREPARING FOOD NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT TO CONFINE THE HAIR.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED TWO EMPLOYEES PREPARING FOOD NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT TO CONFINE THE HAIR.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • WIPING CLOTH FOR WIPING THE PREP TABLES, CHOPPING BOARD, COOLERS, DINING TABLES MUST BE STORED ON A BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • WIPING CLOTH FOR WIPING THE PREP TABLES, CHOPPING BOARD, COOLERS, DINING TABLES MUST BE STORED ON A BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION.

When was Habibi's Mediterranean & Mexican Grill last inspected?

Habibi's Mediterranean & Mexican Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2017.

Habibi's Mediterranean & Mexican Grill vs North Park

North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.

Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, 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 April 30, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.