Royal Deli

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 26, 2016
• address2001-2003 S Damen Ave, Chicago 60608
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Royal Deli clean?

Royal Deli is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 26, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Royal Deli?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 26, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED SOME SOILED CHIP RACKS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED MINOR FOOD ACCUMULATION INSIDE OF TOASTER OVEN AND MICROWAVE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED MINOR DIRT AND DUST DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR ALONG THE WALL AND IN ALL CORNERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED MINOR DIRT AND DUST DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR ALONG THE WALL AND IN ALL CORNERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL OPENINGS BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED ON THE SELLING FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OPENINGS AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL OPENINGS BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED ON THE SELLING FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OPENINGS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Royal Deli last inspected?

Royal Deli has 7 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2011.

Royal Deli vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 September 26, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.