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Safari Lounge And Ethiopian Cuisine
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 14, 2024
- address7124 N Clark St, Chicago 60626
Is Safari Lounge And Ethiopian Cuisine clean?
Safari Lounge And Ethiopian Cuisine is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 14, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Safari Lounge And Ethiopian Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.12 OBSERVED CUTTING BOARD IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARD WITH DEEP STEAMS AND STAIN ON TOP OF PREP TABLE IN THE KITCHEN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19 (2) TOILET ROOM DOORS (IN SECOND FLOOR) MUST BE SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SELF CLOSING DEVICE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19 (2) TOILET ROOM DOORS (IN SECOND FLOOR) MUST BE SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SELF CLOSING DEVICE.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING/CERTIFICATEAll Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING/CERTIFICATE
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, ANY PERSON WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
When was Safari Lounge And Ethiopian Cuisine last inspected?
Safari Lounge And Ethiopian Cuisine has 20 inspections on record going back to March 29, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| May 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2024 | — | |
| March 24, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 23, 2021 | — | |
| September 21, 2021 | — | |
| October 7, 2020 | — | |
| June 10, 2020 | — |
Safari Lounge And Ethiopian Cuisine vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 14, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.