Kelly's Cajun Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2018
• address225 S Canal St, Chicago 60606

Is Kelly's Cajun Grill clean?

Kelly's Cajun Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 13, 2018. 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 Kelly's Cajun Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(F) NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HEALTH POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11, OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY FOR VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS.INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-602.12 OBSERVED EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FOOD EQUIPMENT, HOT HOLDING UNIT, INTERIOR OF UNUSED COOLER USED FOR STRAGE DRY STORAGE FOOD SHELVES IN KITCHEN NOT CLEAN OF FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/MAINTAIN .
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.12(B) OBSERVED FROZEN CHICKEN STORED UNDER LOWER PREP TABLE . INSTRUCTED MANGER THAT FROZEN FOODS SHOULD BE UNTHAWED UNDER REFRIGERATION,MICROWAVE OR COLD RUNNING WATER ONLY.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.12(B) OBSERVED FROZEN CHICKEN STORED UNDER LOWER PREP TABLE . INSTRUCTED MANGER THAT FROZEN FOODS SHOULD BE UNTHAWED UNDER REFRIGERATION,MICROWAVE OR COLD RUNNING WATER ONLY.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 OBSERVED LARGE DRY FOOD BULK CONTAINERS, ( FLOUR ,SUGAR,ETC) LABELS WORN OFF. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL NEW LABELS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12(a) OBSERVED INTER AND EXTERIOR OF WALK IN COOLER CEILING,WALLS NOT CLEAN/ MAINTAIN OF DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/ MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100- 0367- ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGERS MUST HAVE ALLERGENS AWARENESS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

When was Kelly's Cajun Grill last inspected?

Kelly's Cajun Grill has 21 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Kelly's Cajun Grill vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 13, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.