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K I African Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 7, 2023
- address7137 N Clark St, Chicago 60626
Is K I African Restaurant clean?
K I African Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 7, 2023. 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 K I African Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 7, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED 50LBS OF FOOD IN READY-TO-EAT/ TCS FOOD IN 3 DOOR REFRIGERATOR DISCARDED DUE TO NO LABELING, NO STANDARDS OF IDENTITY AND NO USE/BY EXPIRATION DATES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MOPS NEED TO BE HUNG AFTER USE. • OBSERVED MOP SINK UNCLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN MOP SINK.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE FOR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFED FOOD MANAGER. MUST PROVIDE.
When was K I African Restaurant last inspected?
K I African Restaurant has 10 inspections on record going back to August 7, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| August 7, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2022 | — | |
| September 27, 2022 | — | |
| September 1, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 11, 2020 | — | |
| September 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 7, 2019 | Fail |
K I African Restaurant vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, 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 August 7, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.