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Home Cooked Catering
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 18, 2018
- address646-648 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60644
- cuisineCatering
Is Home Cooked Catering clean?
Home Cooked Catering is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 18, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Home Cooked Catering?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from a questionable sourcecriticalAdequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • OBSERVED BOTH EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINKS WERE NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK NEXT TO THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK DID NOT HAVE THE HOT WATER LINE CONNECTED TO THE SINK AND THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK ACROSS FROM THE GRILL AREA DID NOT HAVE THE COLD WATER LINE CONNECTED TO THE SINK. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off* Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED OR SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN THE GREASE OFF OF THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK ACROSS FROM THE GRILL AREA, ICE MACHINE, AND GREASE TRAP.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE WALL OF THE FOOD PREP AREA ABOVE THE VENTILATION HOOD AND ACROSS THE DOORWAY. REGLUE THE VINYL BASEBOARD NEXT TO THE GRILL.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE WALL OF THE FOOD PREP AREA ABOVE THE VENTILATION HOOD AND ACROSS THE DOORWAY. REGLUE THE VINYL BASEBOARD NEXT TO THE GRILL.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE.Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE.
When was Home Cooked Catering last inspected?
Home Cooked Catering has 3 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 16, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| April 18, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 10, 2017 | Pass |
Home Cooked Catering vs Austin
Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.
Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 18, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.