Hema's Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 26, 2022
• address2439 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Hema's Kitchen clean?

Hema's Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 26, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hema's Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 26, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOWLS AND OTHER UTENSILS STORED FACING UP ON SHELVING UNIT IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INVERT ALL EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOWLS AND OTHER UTENSILS STORED FACING UP ON SHELVING UNIT IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INVERT ALL EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS ON PREP TABLES WITH DEEP SCRATCHES AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO RESURFACE OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED VENT COVERS WITH DUST ACCUMULATION IN BOTH TOILET ROOMS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE DUST AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOORS ALONG WALLS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN AWARENESS CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT ANYONE THAT HOLDS A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE COMPLETES ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING AND RECEIVES ALLERGEN AWARENESS CERTIFICATE.

When was Hema's Kitchen last inspected?

Hema's Kitchen has 3 inspections on record going back to December 2, 2021.

Hema's Kitchen vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 45% 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 September 26, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.