Kale My Name

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 23, 2020
• address3300 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Kale My Name clean?

Kale My Name is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 23, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Kale My Name?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • ICE MACHINE MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE DINING ROOM OR ANY AREA THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • ICE MACHINE MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE DINING ROOM OR ANY AREA THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MISSING LID ON THE FRONT PREP ICE BIN. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MISSING GREASE TRAP AT THE FRONT PREP THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE. • BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED ON THE BASEMENT UTILITY SINK. MUST PROVIDE A BACK FLOW DEVICE ON SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MISSING FLOORING ALONG THE BASEBOARD UNDER THE FRONT PREP THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPLACE MISSING FLOORING TO BE EVEN WITH EXISTING FLOOR, SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. • WALLS AT THE FOLLOWING AREAS WITH OPEN GAPS, CREVICES, HOLES: AT THE KITCHEN HAND WASHING SINK. WALL BEHIND THE DEEP FRYER. MUST SEAL/REPAIR TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.

When was Kale My Name last inspected?

Kale My Name has 2 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2020.

Kale My Name vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 March 23, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.