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Hema's Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 10, 2018
- address2411 N Clark St, Chicago 60614
Is Hema's Kitchen clean?
Hema's Kitchen is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 10, 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 Hema's Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS IN REAR PREP COOLERS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. MUST LABEL ITEMS BY PRODUCT NAME, PREPARED BY DATE OND/OR USED BY DATE. MUST LABEL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINETS IN LIYCHEN FOOD PREP AREA.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS IN REAR PREP COOLERS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. MUST LABEL ITEMS BY PRODUCT NAME, PREPARED BY DATE OND/OR USED BY DATE. MUST LABEL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINETS IN LIYCHEN FOOD PREP AREA.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE SHELVING.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE SHELVING.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHT SHIELDS NEEDED ABOVE PREP TABLES IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED LEAKING FAUCET BASE AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED RUSTY GREASE TRAP. MUST REPAINT AND MAINTAIN.
When was Hema's Kitchen last inspected?
Hema's Kitchen has 18 inspections on record going back to June 17, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| April 10, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2017 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 20, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 18, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 26, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 20, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 8, 2014 | Pass |
Hema's Kitchen vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln 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 10, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.