New Cajun Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 20, 2019
• address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652

Is New Cajun Grill clean?

New Cajun Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 20, 2019. 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 New Cajun Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED THAT THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY WITH SAID POLICY ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY CLEAN-UP KIT ITEMS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Proper Cooling Time And Temperature • OBSERVED COOKED CHICKEN BREAST SITTING IN A BUS TUB ON TOP OF A GARBAGE CAN LID AT IMPROPER COOLING TIME AND TEMPERATURE (CHICKEN BREAST 99.4) WHEN ASKED HOW LONG THE CHICKEN HAD BEEN SITTING THERE, THE PIC REPLIED "5 HOURS". INSTRUCTED THAT PROPER COOLING, TCS FOODS MUST BE COOLED FROM 135 DEGREES F TO 41 DEGREES F OR LESS IN 6 HOURS. PIC VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED THE CHICKEN. APPROX 20 LBS AND $100 FOOD VALUE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  Proper Cooling Time And Temperature • OBSERVED COOKED CHICKEN BREAST SITTING IN A BUS TUB ON TOP OF A GARBAGE CAN LID AT IMPROPER COOLING TIME AND TEMPERATURE (CHICKEN BREAST 99.4) WHEN ASKED HOW LONG THE CHICKEN HAD BEEN SITTING THERE, THE PIC REPLIED "5 HOURS". INSTRUCTED THAT PROPER COOLING, TCS FOODS MUST BE COOLED FROM 135 DEGREES F TO 41 DEGREES F OR LESS IN 6 HOURS. PIC VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED THE CHICKEN. APPROX 20 LBS AND $100 FOOD VALUE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY TO EAT/TCS FOODS (CHICKEN, RICE, ETC.) WITHOUT PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL TCS FOODS, PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS MUST HAVE PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS (RICE, SUGAR, FLOUR, ETC) BEING STORED IN BUCKETS AND NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED THAT FOODS THAT COME OUT THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED OPENING AT THE IN THE CEILING, SEPARATING THE LIGHT FIXTURE FROM THE CEILING TILE ABOVE THE COOK PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OB SERVED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FROM THE CERTIFIED MANAGER. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL MANAGERS WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was New Cajun Grill last inspected?

New Cajun Grill has 6 inspections on record going back to September 17, 2015.

New Cajun Grill vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 20, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.