Osas African Restaurant & Catering Services

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2025
• address1027 W Wilson Ave, Chicago 60640

Is Osas African Restaurant & Catering Services clean?

Osas African Restaurant & Catering Services is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 8, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Osas African Restaurant & Catering Services?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED FRONT AND REAR DOOR OPEN AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO KEEP ALL DOORS LEADING TO THE OUTSIDE CLOSED AND TIGHT FITTING TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKET AT THE BOTTOM AND SIDES OF TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING USED AS A LINER ON THE PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CARDBOARD TO MAKE SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN DRY FOOD DEBRIS FROM THE TOP OF GREASE TRAP UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED A LEAK FROM THE FAUCET AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR FOOD EMPLOYEE THAT IS NOT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR FOOD EMPLOYEE THAT IS NOT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER(S). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINGING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER(S) AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR REVIEW.

When was Osas African Restaurant & Catering Services last inspected?

Osas African Restaurant & Catering Services has 22 inspections on record going back to February 15, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Osas African Restaurant & Catering Services vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 October 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.