Sabri Nihari Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 7, 2014
• address2500-2502 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Sabri Nihari Restaurant clean?

Sabri Nihari Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 7, 2014. 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 Sabri Nihari Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 7, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. FOUND 50LBS OF YOGURT INSIDE A LARGE STAINLESS STEEL PAN SITTING ON TOP OF A MILK CRATE AT 80.9F. ALSO FOUND FOUR MIDDLE SIZE DEEP POTS HOLDING CURRY SAUCE, LENTIL SOUP AND TWO OTHER STEW AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURES FROM 120.4F TO 100.6F ON THE STOVE TOP BURNERS WHICH WERE TURNED OFF. APPROXIMATE VALUE AT $500.00 DOLLARS ALL ABOVE PRODUCT WAS DISCARDED. MANAGER WAS INSTRCUTED TO MAINTAIN HOT FOODS AT 140F AND COLD FOODS AT 40F AND BELOW AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • DURING INSPECTION AT 210PM CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER WAS NOT PRESENT WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE BEING SERVED, COOKED AND HANDLED. MANAGER SHOWED UP AT 235PM. CDI CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROPERLY DATE AND LABEL ALL PREPARED FOOD PRODUCTS INSIDE THE WALK-IN FREEZER. • MUST PROPERLY STORE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER IN FOOD GRADE BAGS AT ALL TIMES. FOUND MEATS IN SOME COOLERS AND IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER IN PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROPERLY DATE AND LABEL ALL PREPARED FOOD PRODUCTS INSIDE THE WALK-IN FREEZER. • MUST PROPERLY STORE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER IN FOOD GRADE BAGS AT ALL TIMES. FOUND MEATS IN SOME COOLERS AND IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER IN PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST PROPERLY SOUP SPOONS IN THE SERVICE KITCHEN WITH THE HANDLES UP SO AS TO NOT CONTAMINATE WHEN USED.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST PROPERLY SOUP SPOONS IN THE SERVICE KITCHEN WITH THE HANDLES UP SO AS TO NOT CONTAMINATE WHEN USED.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR LOOSE GASKET AT THE 2DR REFRIGERATOR IN THE SERVICE KITCHEN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR LOOSE GASKET AT THE 2DR REFRIGERATOR IN THE SERVICE KITCHEN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINK NEXT TO THE 3-COMP SINK IN THE MAIN REAR KITCHEN AREA.

When was Sabri Nihari Restaurant last inspected?

Sabri Nihari Restaurant has 12 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2011.

Sabri Nihari Restaurant vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 66% 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 October 7, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.