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Kasama
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 28, 2025
- address1001 N Winchester Ave, Chicago 60622
Is Kasama clean?
Kasama is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 28, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Kasama?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Live pottery plants placed in food production area, instructed to separate.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inadequate lighting in main walk-in cooler, instructed to add additional light fixtures.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inadequate lighting in main walk-in cooler, instructed to add additional light fixtures.
- 🧪toxic chemicals mishandledCompliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • No variance available on site for in-house sausage making where curing agents are used ( sodium nitrite ) instructed manager to discontinue special process until obtaining the appropriate variance from the office of CDPH. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005. 15 lbs of pork sausage are taged for condemnation.
- ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • HACCP PLAN FOR CURING MEAT NOT ON SITE. Refer to violation #29.Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • HACCP PLAN FOR CURING MEAT NOT ON SITE. Refer to violation #29.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Mop bucket stored too close to clean pots and pans rack, Instructed to keep away.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Mop bucket stored too close to clean pots and pans rack, Instructed to keep away.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • Food handler not wearing hair restraints. instructed to wear.Personal Cleanliness • Food handler not wearing hair restraints. instructed to wear.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • Deli cups not air dried after washing, Instructed to air dry all multi-use utensils.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • Deli cups not air dried after washing, Instructed to air dry all multi-use utensils.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • Unable to locate backflow prevention device for ice maker on second floor, instructed to install.
When was Kasama last inspected?
Kasama has 8 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 19, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 15, 2023 | — | |
| March 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 17, 2020 | Pass |
Kasama vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.