Over Easy Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 8, 2019
• address4943 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Over Easy Cafe clean?

Over Easy Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 8, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Over Easy Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 8, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE STOVE AND THE PREP TABLE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOOD ON THE PREP TABLE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE STOVE AND THE PREP TABLE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOOD ON THE PREP TABLE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTH FOR WIPING THE PREP TABLE, CHOPPING BOARD,COOLERS ,DINING TABLES MUST BE STORED ON A BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USES.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS, POTS, PANS,SERVING BOWLS, TRAYS MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND DUST BUILD UP.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS, POTS, PANS,SERVING BOWLS, TRAYS MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND DUST BUILD UP.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST SEALED OR PAINT THE RAW WOOD CABINET SHELVINGS UNDERNEATH THE FRONT COUNTER AND MAINTAIN. • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE CABINET SHELVINGS UNDERNEATH THE FRONT COUNTER AND MAINTAIN. • MISSING HANDLE OF THE PREP COOLER. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • EXTERIOR SIDES OF THE GRILL, DEEP FRYER AND STOVES WITH ACCUMULATED GREASE AND DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED ON THE ICE MAKER. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL TO LOCATE AND BE ABLE TO SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOOR BEHIND THE ICE MAKER, IN BETWEEN THE ICE MAKER AND COOLER AND FLOOR IN THE PREP AREA ,UNDER AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH FOOD DEBRIS, DUST AND GREASE INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB ON THE VENTILATION HOOD IN THE COOK LINE. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • FILTER ON THE VENTILATION HOOD IN THE COOK LINE WITH GREASE AND DUST BUILD -UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB ON THE VENTILATION HOOD IN THE COOK LINE. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • FILTER ON THE VENTILATION HOOD IN THE COOK LINE WITH GREASE AND DUST BUILD -UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER MUST OBTAIN AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE AND RENEW IT EVERY 3 YEARS.

When was Over Easy Cafe last inspected?

Over Easy Cafe has 14 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Over Easy Cafe vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 November 8, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.