Red Sea Ethiopian Eritrian Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 25, 2014
• address1225-1227 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60660

Is Red Sea Ethiopian Eritrian Restaurant clean?

Red Sea Ethiopian Eritrian Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 25, 2014. 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 Red Sea Ethiopian Eritrian Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • OBSERVED DISHES IN THE LOW TEMP DISHMACHINE WITH POOLING WATER IN THE KITCHEN GLASSES INDICATING THEY WERE RECENTLY WASHED; THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE WAS TAGGED YEARS AGO UNDER THE PREVIOUS FACILITY HABIBI RESTAURANT AND CUISINE. UNABLE TO FIND THE EXACT DATE THE MACHINE WAS TAGGED DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE OLD TAG. STAFF MEMBER SAID "MACHINE IS ONLY USED FOR HOT WATER". MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE UNIT SERVICED SO THAT IT PROPERLY SANITIZES. ONCE PROPERLY SANITIZING MUST FAX A LETTER TO 312-746-4240 OR EMAIL TO [email protected]. UNIT REMAINS TAGGED AND CAN NOT BE USED UNTIL REINSPECTED BY CDPH. MUST PROPERLY SET UP THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FOR PROPER WASH, RINSE, AND SANITIZING. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST THE REACH-IN FREEZER IN THE REAR PREP TO REMOVE BLOOD STAINED ICE ACCUMULATION.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST THE REACH-IN FREEZER IN THE REAR PREP TO REMOVE BLOOD STAINED ICE ACCUMULATION.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE INTERIOR LIGHT BULBS FOR THE 3 DOOR REACH-IN COOLER.

When was Red Sea Ethiopian Eritrian Restaurant last inspected?

Red Sea Ethiopian Eritrian Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to September 25, 2013.

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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 March 25, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.