Hidden Treasure Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 30, 2022
• address1929 W 87Th St, Chicago 60620

Is Hidden Treasure Cafe clean?

Hidden Treasure Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 30, 2022. 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 Hidden Treasure Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 30, 2022, 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 • Inspector Comments: MANAGER PROVIDED NO PROOF OF EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7.38.010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • Inspector Comments: A SIGN OR POSTER THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS NOT PROVIDED ON EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • Inspector Comments: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY "1/4"-1/2" GAP IN CENTER AND BOTTOM OF REAR DOOR, ALSO AROUND BOTTOM OF FRONT ENTRY DOOR. MUST MAKE DOOR TIGHT FITTING, MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE TOILET ROOM RECEPTACLES WITH COVER FOR BOTH UNISEX RESTROOMS, MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE TOILET ROOM RECEPTACLES WITH COVER FOR BOTH UNISEX RESTROOMS, MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Inspector Comments: FOUND NO HOOKS FOR MOP AT UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE IN ORDER TO AIR DRY WET MOPS, MAINTAIN. • Inspector Comments: FOUND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS STORED ON OUTDOOR PATIO, ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN UTILITY CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ITEMS, AND ELEVATE ITEMS AT LEAST 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY CLEANING. MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • Inspector Comments: NOTED FOOD MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.

When was Hidden Treasure Cafe last inspected?

Hidden Treasure Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2022.

Hidden Treasure Cafe vs Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.

Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 August 30, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.