I-Cafe Sukur's Place

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 17, 2021
• address1812-1814 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613

Is I-Cafe Sukur's Place clean?

I-Cafe Sukur's Place is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 17, 2021. 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 I-Cafe Sukur's Place?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 17, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • NOTED DIRTY WIPING CLOTHS ON PREP TABLES AT PREP AREA NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL WASHCLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT IN USE
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED SERVING PLATES AT THE WAITERS STATION NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SERVING PLATES AND CUTLERY DURING STORAGE TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED SERVING PLATES AT THE WAITERS STATION NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SERVING PLATES AND CUTLERY DURING STORAGE TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS WITH NO STOPPERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE MISSING STOPPERS.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NOTED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH WASHING MACHINE IN POOR REPAIRS AND NOT IN USE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NOTED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH WASHING MACHINE IN POOR REPAIRS AND NOT IN USE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED WASH ROOMS ON PREMISE WITH GARBAGE RECEPTACLES AND NO LIDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TRASH CANS WITH LIDS AT ALL WOMEN WASH ROOMS AND UNISEX WASH ROOMS
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED WASH ROOMS ON PREMISE WITH GARBAGE RECEPTACLES AND NO LIDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TRASH CANS WITH LIDS AT ALL WOMEN WASH ROOMS AND UNISEX WASH ROOMS
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED DIRTY AND DUSTY CEILING FANS AT THE REAR HALL WAY LEADING TO THE CUSTOMER BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED HEAVY DIRT AND GREASE ACCUMULATION INSIDE, ON PIPES/CONDUITS AND ON EDGES OF THE EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES/CONDUITS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED HEAVY DIRT AND GREASE ACCUMULATION INSIDE, ON PIPES/CONDUITS AND ON EDGES OF THE EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES/CONDUITS.

When was I-Cafe Sukur's Place last inspected?

I-Cafe Sukur's Place has 8 inspections on record going back to November 19, 2018.

I-Cafe Sukur's Place vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, 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 May 17, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.