Home Chef

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 23, 2014
• address1321 W Lake St, Chicago 60607
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Home Chef clean?

Home Chef is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 23, 2014. 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 Home Chef?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REMOVE RUBBER FLAPS AROUND THE 2ND FLOOR MOP SINK. MUST MAKE SURROUNDING WALLS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REMOVE RUBBER FLAPS AROUND THE 2ND FLOOR MOP SINK. MUST MAKE SURROUNDING WALLS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST REPLACE BURNED OUT LIGHT BULBS IN THE SPICE STORAGE CLOSET, IN THE 2ND FLOOR MOP SINK CLOSET AND IN THE PRODUCTION ROOM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL A BACK FLOW DEVICE AT THE 2ND FLOOR MOP SINK HOT WATER SOURCE. MUST ALSO PROVIDE A BACK FLOW DEVICE FOR EACH WATER SOURCE BEING USED TO POWER WASH THE DOCK AREA AND THE PRODUCTION ROOM. (ONE LOCATED IN THE REAR IN THE COMPRESSOR ROOM AND ONE IS LOCATED NEAR THE FRONT INTERIOR ENTRANCE DOOR)MUST REPAIR THE VENTILATION IN THE 1ST FLOOR WASHROOM. ALSO, DETAIL CLEAN THE VENT COVERS IN EACH WASH ROOM.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE ALL EQUIPMENT OWNED BY THE PREVIOUS TENANT. MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND MAINTAIN AREAS. (CONVEYOR BELT, CHEMICALS,ETC)

When was Home Chef last inspected?

Home Chef has 3 inspections on record going back to October 8, 2014.

Home Chef vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 October 23, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.