Relish

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 15, 2016
• address7210 N California Ave, Chicago 60645

Is Relish clean?

Relish is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 15, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Relish?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERITIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE. MUST HAVE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHEN FACILITY IS PREPARING AND SERVING FOOD. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED SPLASH GUARD NEEDED ON RIGHT SIDE OF MOP SINK THAT IS NEXT TO POTATO FRENCH FRY MAKER ATTACHED TO WALL. MUST PROTECT FOOD EQUIPMENT AND FOOD. OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED ON RIGHT SIDE OF EXPOSED HAND SINK. CART WITH FOOD NEXT TO SINK. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SMOOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SPLASH GUARDS. OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS SHELF LINER. REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD. CARDBOARD IS PROHIBITED TO USE AS SHELF LINER. ALL SURFACES NEED TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED SPLASH GUARD NEEDED ON RIGHT SIDE OF MOP SINK THAT IS NEXT TO POTATO FRENCH FRY MAKER ATTACHED TO WALL. MUST PROTECT FOOD EQUIPMENT AND FOOD. OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED ON RIGHT SIDE OF EXPOSED HAND SINK. CART WITH FOOD NEXT TO SINK. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SMOOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SPLASH GUARDS. OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS SHELF LINER. REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD. CARDBOARD IS PROHIBITED TO USE AS SHELF LINER. ALL SURFACES NEED TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF FRYERS UNCLEAN WITH HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATION. OBSERVED FOOD STORAGE SHELVES UNDER PREP TABLE UNCLEAN WITH HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATION. OBSERVED EXTERIOR OF REACH IN CHEST FREEZER UNCLEAN. OBSERVED STOVETOPS AND GRIDDLE UNCLEAN WITH FOOD DEBRIS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS UNCLEAN UNDER AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS UNCLEAN UNDER AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING VENT WITHIN WASHROOM WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING VENT WITHIN WASHROOM WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED NO IDPH FOOD HADNLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. ADDITIONAL IDPH FOOD HANDLER INFORMATION PROVIDED.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED NO IDPH FOOD HADNLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. ADDITIONAL IDPH FOOD HANDLER INFORMATION PROVIDED.

When was Relish last inspected?

Relish has 5 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2014.

Relish vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 April 15, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.