Reza's Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 13, 2013
• address5255 N Clark St, Chicago 60640

Is Reza's Restaurant clean?

Reza's Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 13, 2013. 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 Reza's Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2013, 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 • LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE NOT SANITIZING, 0 PPM CHLORINE, HOWEVER DISHMACHINE WAS NOT IN USE AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED MANAGER LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE MUST SANITIZE AT 100 PPM CHLORINE. DISHMACHINE REPAIRED BY ECOLAB TECHNICIAN AT THIS TIME, SANITIZING AT 100 PPM CHLORINE. 7-38-030, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • LUNCH BUFFET HOT HOLDING/COLD HOLDING UNITS NOT PROTECTED, NO SNEEZE GUARDS IN PLACE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE PROTECTIVE BARRIER/SNEEZE GUARDS AT ALL CUSTOMER SELF-SERVICE BUFFET UNITS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • SOME BULK FOOD CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN BASEMENT. MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS WITH CONTENTS NAME.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • SOME BULK FOOD CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN BASEMENT. MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS WITH CONTENTS NAME.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED BROKEN/MISSING FLOOR TILES, LOW GROUT AND STANDING WATER THROUGHOUT BASEMENT PREP AND DISHWASH AREAS. MUST REPAIR FLOORS/KEEP FLOORS DRY AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT BASEMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED BROKEN/MISSING FLOOR TILES, LOW GROUT AND STANDING WATER THROUGHOUT BASEMENT PREP AND DISHWASH AREAS. MUST REPAIR FLOORS/KEEP FLOORS DRY AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT BASEMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GAP BETWEEN CEILING AND DUCT AT REAR 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA. WATER DAMAGED/DIRTY CEILING TILES AT BASEMENT PREP/DISHWASH AREAS, PEELING PAINT ON PIPE ALONG WALL FROM BEHIND/ABOVE DISHMACHINE AND FOOD STAINS ON WALLS AT BASEMENT PREP AREAS. MUST SEAL GAPS, REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING TILES, REMOVE PEELING PAINT AND CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS THROUGHOUT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GAP BETWEEN CEILING AND DUCT AT REAR 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA. WATER DAMAGED/DIRTY CEILING TILES AT BASEMENT PREP/DISHWASH AREAS, PEELING PAINT ON PIPE ALONG WALL FROM BEHIND/ABOVE DISHMACHINE AND FOOD STAINS ON WALLS AT BASEMENT PREP AREAS. MUST SEAL GAPS, REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING TILES, REMOVE PEELING PAINT AND CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS THROUGHOUT.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING LIGHT COVERS ABOVE BASEMENT PREP TABLES. MUST PROVIDE COVERS FOR ALL CEILING LIGHTS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA 3-COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING AT FAUCET AND BASEMENT WALL MOUNTED FAUCET LEAKING BY HOT WATER TANK, NO FLOOR DRAIN FOR FAUCET BETWEEN BASEMENT PREP AREA AND HOT WATER TANK. MUST REPAIR FAUCETS AND INSTALL PROPER DRAIN (WATER ACCUMUALTED UNDER FAUCET). STRONG SEWER GAS ODOR IN BASEMENT AREA AROUND EXPOSED HAND SINK/1 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST ELIMINATE ODOR.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED WRONG THERMOMETER INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. MUST PROVIDE WORKING COOLER THERMOMETER FOR WALK IN COOLER. REACH-IN COOLERS MISSING CONSPICUOUSLY PLACED INTERNAL THERMOMETERS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SAME.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED WRONG THERMOMETER INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. MUST PROVIDE WORKING COOLER THERMOMETER FOR WALK IN COOLER. REACH-IN COOLERS MISSING CONSPICUOUSLY PLACED INTERNAL THERMOMETERS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SAME.

When was Reza's Restaurant last inspected?

Reza's Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2010.

Reza's Restaurant 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 23% 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 May 13, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.