Kabul House Express Kitchen And Catering

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 27, 2014
• address2262 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Kabul House Express Kitchen And Catering clean?

Kabul House Express Kitchen And Catering is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 27, 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 Kabul House Express Kitchen And Catering?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • NO SANITIZING SOLUTION PROVIDED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WASHING RINSING AND STORING PLATES,POTS,PANS AND MULTI USE UTENSILS. AFTER MY REQUEST OWNER SET UP THREE COMPARTMENT SINK:WASH,RINSE AND SANITIZE,100PPM. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-030
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO PROOF OF CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON PREMISES,NOR A CERTIFIED FOOD HANDLER ON PREMISES,WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD IS HANDLED AND SERVED TO CUSTOMERS:COOKED VEGETABLES,MEAT,ETC. A CERTIFIED FOOD HANDLER MUST BE ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD IS PREPARED,SERVED AND STORED. A CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST BE POSTED AND VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-012(A)
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT MAINTAINED. WHEN WATER IS RELEASED FROM 3 COMPARTMENT SINK,WASTE WATER BACKS UP AND OVERFLOWING GREASE TRAP IN BASEMENT AREA,ALSO WASTE WATER BACKS UP INSIDE THE MOP SINK BY THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN GREASE TRAP IN BASEMENT AND REPAIR PLUMBING IF NEEDED. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-030
  Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT MAINTAINED. WHEN WATER IS RELEASED FROM 3 COMPARTMENT SINK,WASTE WATER BACKS UP AND OVERFLOWING GREASE TRAP IN BASEMENT AREA,ALSO WASTE WATER BACKS UP INSIDE THE MOP SINK BY THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN GREASE TRAP IN BASEMENT AND REPAIR PLUMBING IF NEEDED. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-030
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DOOR AT WALK-IN COOLER HAS A BROKEN HANDLED,DOOR IS KEPT CLOSED WITH A BIN IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SAID HANDLED.METAL SHELF AT PREP AREA HAS A POROUS SURFACE INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-POROUS SURFACE
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DOOR AT WALK-IN COOLER HAS A BROKEN HANDLED,DOOR IS KEPT CLOSED WITH A BIN IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SAID HANDLED.METAL SHELF AT PREP AREA HAS A POROUS SURFACE INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-POROUS SURFACE
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING CEILING TILES IN PREP AREA ABOVE HOOD,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING CEILING TILES IN PREP AREA ABOVE HOOD,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN LEAKING FROM HOT WATER HANDLE,BASE OF THE FAUCET AND WATER SPRAYER,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.

When was Kabul House Express Kitchen And Catering last inspected?

Kabul House Express Kitchen And Catering has 8 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2011.

Kabul House Express Kitchen And Catering vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, 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 June 27, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.