Newa

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 23, 2013
• address5009 N Clark St, Chicago 60640

Is Newa clean?

Newa is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 23, 2013. 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 Newa?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • found main kitchen at first floor accessible to customers.(no barriers to kitchen) found large sewer pipes directly above 3 compartment sink.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • found bulbs not shielded in kitchen area.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • found no self closing doors in all restrooms.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • found broken ventilation inside unisex bathroom by bar.

When was Newa last inspected?

Newa has 2 inspections on record going back to December 23, 2013.

Newa vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 39% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 382 clean, 97 mid, 512 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, 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 December 23, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.