Heritage Plaza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 26, 2019
• address1500 W 95Th St, Chicago 60643

Is Heritage Plaza clean?

Heritage Plaza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 26, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Heritage Plaza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND PROCEDURES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS AT HAND WASHING SINKS IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED 3-COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING IN EAST KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON CEILING IN WOMEN WEST WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR CEILING AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED LOOSE CEILING TILES IN WEST KITCHEN AND MISSING CEILING TILES IN EAST KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE CEILING TILES AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF VENTILATION HOOD IN EAST KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED LIGHT SHIELDS MISSING IN EAST KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF VENTILATION HOOD IN EAST KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED LIGHT SHIELDS MISSING IN EAST KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING.

When was Heritage Plaza last inspected?

Heritage Plaza has 22 inspections on record going back to October 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Heritage Plaza vs Washington Heights

Washington Heights runs 63% clean across 234 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 41 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 234 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 March 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.