New Zaika Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 26, 2016
• address1316 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60610

Is New Zaika Restaurant clean?

New Zaika Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 26, 2016. 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 New Zaika Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 26, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WASH CLOTHS NOT PROPERLY STORED.INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE WASH CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE AND MAINTAIN.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WASH CLOTHS NOT PROPERLY STORED.INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE WASH CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE AND MAINTAIN.
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • AT TIME OF INSPECTION, THE EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE PREP AREA WAS BLOCKED BY A WOODEN STOOL AND THE HOT WATER KNOB TO SAME HANSINK WAS TURNED-OFF WHILE EMPLOYEES WERE PREPPING FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO MOVE THE WOODEN STOOL AND TURN HOT WATER KNOB BACK ON AND KEEP THE HANDSINK ACCESSIBLE FOR HANDWASHING AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-030.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BULK FOODS NOT PROPERLY STORED.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS WITH LIDS AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED COOKED/PREPARED FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT LABELED AND DATED.INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE AND MAINTAIN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BULK FOODS NOT PROPERLY STORED.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS WITH LIDS AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED COOKED/PREPARED FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT LABELED AND DATED.INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARD AT PREP TABLE WORNED-OUT WITH DEEP CUTS.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED FOIL LINERS ON BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOIL LINERS AND MAINTAIN BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES TO SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARD AT PREP TABLE WORNED-OUT WITH DEEP CUTS.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED FOIL LINERS ON BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOIL LINERS AND MAINTAIN BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES TO SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES ON WEST HALLWAY IN BASEMENT DUE TO POTENTIAL PEST HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HAIR RESTRAINTS WHEN WORKING AROUND OPEN FOODS AND MAINTAIN.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HAIR RESTRAINTS WHEN WORKING AROUND OPEN FOODS AND MAINTAIN.

When was New Zaika Restaurant last inspected?

New Zaika Restaurant has 11 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2011.

New Zaika Restaurant 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 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 July 26, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.