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Nesh Mediterranean Grill
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations3
- last inspectedApril 23, 2013
- address734 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60614
Is Nesh Mediterranean Grill clean?
Nesh Mediterranean Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Nesh Mediterranean Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED FOODS BEING HELD AT INADEQUATE TEMPERATURE. APPROXIMATELY ONE QUART FALAFEL IN METAL BASKET HANGING OFF SIDE OF DEEP FRYER AT 62.2F. EMPLOYEES WERE NOT PREPARING ANY FALAFEL WHILE PAN WAS OBSERVED AND DURING INITAL INSPECTION. FALAFEL MUST BE HELD UNDER REFRIGERATION AT 40F OR BELOW. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
- ⚠️Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE DURING INSPECTION WASHING HANDS IN ONE COMPARTMENT PREP SINK LOCATED IN PREP AREA NEXT TO THE EXPOSED HAND SINK. EMPLOYEE UNABLE TO USE EXPOSED HAND SINK DUE TO SINK BEING USED TO STORE BUCKET WITH DIRTY CLEANING SOLUTION AND USED TOWELS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005(A).criticalSource Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE DURING INSPECTION WASHING HANDS IN ONE COMPARTMENT PREP SINK LOCATED IN PREP AREA NEXT TO THE EXPOSED HAND SINK. EMPLOYEE UNABLE TO USE EXPOSED HAND SINK DUE TO SINK BEING USED TO STORE BUCKET WITH DIRTY CLEANING SOLUTION AND USED TOWELS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005(A).
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalSanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • NO NOZZLE ON THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. UNABLE TO FILL ANY OF THE THREE COMPARTMENTS OF THE SINK TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE. MANAGEMENT CALLED A PLUMBER THAT ARRIVED DURING THE INSPECTION TO INSTALL A NOZZLE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOODS OBSERVED NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. THREE PANS OF CUT VEGETABLES, ONE PAN READY TO EAT HUMMUS, ONE PAN LETTUCE IN REACH IN COOLER STORED IN DINING ROOM WITH CUSTOMER ACCESS AND WHERE CUSTOMERS REACH IN TO OBTAIN SOFT DRINKS. INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE PREPARED FOODS IN DINING ROOM COOLERS UNPROTECTED FROM CUSTOMER CONTAMINATION.MANAGEMENT REMOVED. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off* Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER PRESENT DURING INITIAL INSPECTION AND NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE POSTED ON PREMISES. MANAGER WAS TELEPHONED DURING THE INSPECTION TO ARRIVE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-012.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL PREPARED FOODS MUST BE LABELED AND DATED. ALL BULK FOODS MUST BE LABELED.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL PREPARED FOODS MUST BE LABELED AND DATED. ALL BULK FOODS MUST BE LABELED.
- ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST NOT STORE PAPER NAPKINS INSIDE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM.Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST NOT STORE PAPER NAPKINS INSIDE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR OF WALK-IN FREEZER COVERED WITH PEELING PLASTIC. MUST REMOVE PLASTIC AND MAKE FLOOR SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR OF WALK-IN FREEZER COVERED WITH PEELING PLASTIC. MUST REMOVE PLASTIC AND MAKE FLOOR SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DIRTY CEILING VENT ABOVE DOUGH PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DIRTY CEILING VENT ABOVE DOUGH PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Nesh Mediterranean Grill last inspected?
Nesh Mediterranean Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| April 23, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 24, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 20, 2010 | Pass | |
| September 9, 2010 | Fail |
Nesh Mediterranean Grill vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 April 23, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.