Real Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 20, 2019
• address1433 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60613

Is Real Kitchen clean?

Real Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 20, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Real Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK FOOD AND SPICE CONTAINERS NOT IN THEIR ORIGINAL CONTAINER MUST BE LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • LARGE MIXING BOWLS MUST BE STORED INVERTED.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • LARGE MIXING BOWLS MUST BE STORED INVERTED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED A FOOD ENCRUSTED TABLE TOP CAN OPENER. MUST CLEAN AFTER EACH USE. • MUST NOT USE TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR FOR COOLERS AND BATHROOM VENTILATION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE ON THE FAUCET WATER SPOUT ON THE DISH WASHING AREA HAND WASHING SINK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WITH DIRT, FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE: UNDER AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COOKS LINE COOLERS, UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK CHEMICAL STORAGE SHELVING. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Real Kitchen last inspected?

Real Kitchen has 12 inspections on record going back to August 21, 2013.

Real Kitchen 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 26% 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 August 20, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.