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Homestyle Taste
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 8, 2019
- address3205 S Halsted St, Chicago 60608
Is Homestyle Taste clean?
Homestyle Taste is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Homestyle Taste?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010, NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHES IMPROPERLY STORED, INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY IN SANITIZING SOLUTIONS WHEN NOT IN USE.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED FOOD IMPROPERLY STORED IN GROCERY BAGS IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS, FOOD GRADE BAGGIES/ZIP-LOC.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES OUT SIDE THE RESTROOMS, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE,AND MAINTAIN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was Homestyle Taste last inspected?
Homestyle Taste has 13 inspections on record going back to September 26, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| April 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 1, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 21, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2015 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2015 | Fail | |
| July 29, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2014 | Fail | |
| June 27, 2013 | Pass |
Homestyle Taste vs Bridgeport
Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.
Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 8, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.