Halsted Street Deli

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 4, 2023
• address541 N Fairbanks Ct, Chicago 60611

Is Halsted Street Deli clean?

Halsted Street Deli is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 4, 2023. 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 Halsted Street Deli?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • THE PERSON IN CHARGE DOES NOT HAVE A CITY CERTIFICATION OR DOCUMENTATION OF PENDING CITY CERTIFICATE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION WHILE TCS FOODS SUCH AS VARIOUS DELI MEATS IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED ON-SITE. NO OTHER ORIGINAL AND VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE WAS POSTED NOR PROVIDED ON-SITE FOR THE PRESENT MANAGER ON DUTY. NO VALID DOCCUMENTATION ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A LEAST ONE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN FOOD IS COOKED AND SERVED ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.13: OBSERVED HEAVY BUILD UP WITH FLOUR LIKE SUBSTANCE AND BLACK COATING THAT IS ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOORS IN PREP AREA UNDER VENTILATION HOOD. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING COMPLETION CERTIFICATES FOR ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING COMPLETION CERTIFICATES FOR ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13: OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN.

When was Halsted Street Deli last inspected?

Halsted Street Deli has 19 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Halsted Street Deli vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.