Happy Fish & Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 29, 2016
• address1951 W Garfield Blvd, Chicago 60636

Is Happy Fish & Chicken clean?

Happy Fish & Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 29, 2016. 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 Happy Fish & Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 29, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND HOT HOLDING UNIT. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: FRIED CHICKEN STORED ON TOP OF THE PIZZA OVEN AT 80-86F, COOKED SAUSAGE PATTIES IN A STAINLESS STEEL CONTAINER ON TOP OF THE PREP COOLER AT 62.1F, AND PIZZA SLICES STORED IN THE HOT HOLDING UNIT AT 89.1F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 40# OF FOOD WORTH $150. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER AND REFRIGERATOR. OBSERVED PACKAGED RAW BEEF STORED WITH PACKAGED HAM AND ABOVE HAM AND ONIONS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED BOXES OF RAW CHICKEN STORED ABOVE RAW BEEF IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF RAW CHICKEN STORED ABOVE CONTAINERS OF RAW FISH IN THE REFRIGERATOR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL RAW FOODS PROPERLY TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKETS INSIDE OF THE 3 DOOR PREP COOLER. OBSERVED MEATS AND BREAD STORED IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS IN THE PIZZA PREP COOLER AND WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKETS INSIDE OF THE 3 DOOR PREP COOLER. OBSERVED MEATS AND BREAD STORED IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS IN THE PIZZA PREP COOLER AND WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A PROPER METAL STEM PROBE THERMOMETER TO TAKE FOOD TEMPERATURES THAT HAS INCREMENTS OF 2 DEGREES.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A PROPER METAL STEM PROBE THERMOMETER TO TAKE FOOD TEMPERATURES THAT HAS INCREMENTS OF 2 DEGREES.

When was Happy Fish & Chicken last inspected?

Happy Fish & Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to April 23, 2015.

Happy Fish & Chicken vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 November 29, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.