Polygon Cafe

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 21, 2022
• address5204 N Clark St, Chicago 60640

Is Polygon Cafe clean?

Polygon Cafe is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 21, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Polygon Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 21, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • FOUND THE FOLLOWING TCS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN FRONT 3 DOOR SUSHI REACH IN COOLER MEASURED AT CRAB (COOKED) AT 51F, RAW FLOUNDER/SEA BASS AT 51.2F, MAYO SPICY SAUCE AT 52.7F, RAW SALMON AT 50F, TOBIKO (FISH EGGS) MEASURED BETWEEN 51.4 - 53.9F, COOKED SHRIMP AT 55.2F, RAW OCTOPUS AT 54.8, RAW EEL 53.9-55.5F, PREPARED SHITAKE MUSHROOMS BETWEEN 55.5-56.3, AND PREPARED GOURD SHAVINGS BETWEEN 51.4-63.8F. ALL TCS FOODS WERE DISCARDED ON SITE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • FOUNDS SUSHI REACH-IN COOLER NOT MAINTAINED, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT 57.7 F. FACILITY MUST REPAIR AND ENSURE A TEMPERATURE OF 41F AND BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED PEST INFESTATION IN FOOD PREP AND STORAGE AREA: FOUND MORE THAN 25 LIVE ROACHES IN PREP AREAS REACH-IN COOLERS AND REAR PREP AREA FLOOR AND WALLS. ALSO OBSERVED WERE MORE THAN 50 RAT DROPPINGS ON THE BASEMENT FLOOR ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS. INSTRUCTED MUST REMOVE ALL ROACH ACTIVITY AND RAT DROPPINGS ON-PREMISES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • EXCESSIVE GREASE BUILDUP IN/AROUND HOOD SYSTEM ABOVE COOKLINE. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED LARGE GAPS/HOLES THROUGHOUT WALLS AND CEILINGS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT COVERED WITH WIRE MESH. FACILITY MUST PROPERLY SEAL AND PROVIDE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES THROUGHOUT.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • EXPIRED CERTITFED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOUND ON SITE. FACILITY MUST ENSURE ALL FOOD HANDLERS HAVE UPDATED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • EXPIRED CERTITFED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOUND ON SITE. FACILITY MUST ENSURE ALL FOOD HANDLERS HAVE UPDATED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • EXPIRED CERTITFED FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES FOUND ON SITE. FACILITY MUST ENSURE ALL FOOD MANAGERS HAVE UPDATED FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES.

When was Polygon Cafe last inspected?

Polygon Cafe has 19 inspections on record going back to October 30, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Polygon Cafe vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 21, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.