Retro Cafe Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 15, 2015
• address3246 N Central Ave, Chicago 60634

Is Retro Cafe Restaurant clean?

Retro Cafe Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 15, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Retro Cafe Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO EMPLOYEE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • NO EMPLOYEE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL PREPARED AND COOKED FOOD PRODUCTS STORED INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL PREPARED AND COOKED FOOD PRODUCTS STORED INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL SODA GUN HOLDER WITH STICKY BUILD-UP BEHIND (3) BARS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.--------MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOLERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN REAR PREP AND STORAGE AREA INCLUDING FLOORS IN BASEMENT STORAGE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN REAR PREP AND STORAGE AREA INCLUDING FLOORS IN BASEMENT STORAGE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AROUND REAR PREP/COOKING AREA WITH DRIED FOOD SPILLAGE AND WALLS INSIDE BEER/KEG WALK-IN COOLER IN BASEMENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AROUND REAR PREP/COOKING AREA WITH DRIED FOOD SPILLAGE AND WALLS INSIDE BEER/KEG WALK-IN COOLER IN BASEMENT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER EQUIPPED WITH HAND SOAP AND PAPER TOWEL.-------MUST REPAIR LEAKY FAUCET NECK AT EXPOSED HAND SINK BEHIND MAIN BAR.-------MUST REPAIR NONWORKING VENTILATION INSIDE MEN'S WASHROOM IN BASEMENT.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REORGANIZE BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM. MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND CLUTTER STORED TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. USABLE ITEMS MUST BE STORED 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING.

When was Retro Cafe Restaurant last inspected?

Retro Cafe Restaurant has 11 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2010.

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Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 June 15, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.