Keren Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 22, 2015
• address1513 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613

Is Keren Kitchen clean?

Keren Kitchen is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 22, 2015. 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 Keren Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 22, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE PREP AREA AND DISHWASH AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE ALL WATER STAINED/DAMAGED CEILING TILES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE PREP AREA AND DISHWASH AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE ALL WATER STAINED/DAMAGED CEILING TILES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • PREP AREA EXPOSED HANDWASH BOWL PIPE DRAINING SLOWLY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • METAL STEM THERMOMETERS NOT CALIBRATED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CALIBRATE METAL STEM THERMOMETERS FOR FOOD HANDLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • METAL STEM THERMOMETERS NOT CALIBRATED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CALIBRATE METAL STEM THERMOMETERS FOR FOOD HANDLERS.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST BE CERTIFIED WITH CERTIFICATES OF NAMES OF EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST BE CERTIFIED WITH CERTIFICATES OF NAMES OF EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES.

When was Keren Kitchen last inspected?

Keren Kitchen has 5 inspections on record going back to September 3, 2014.

Keren Kitchen vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, 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 22, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.