Safari Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 6, 2013
• address5959 N Broadway, Chicago 60660

Is Safari Restaurant clean?

Safari Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 6, 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 Safari Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 6, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • STILL NOTED THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATIONS FROM INSPECTION REPORT #1353488 DATED 07/05/2013 NOT CORRECTED:- #32 INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN SHELVES AT THE KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN FREE OF DIRT AND GREASE.#33 INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INSIDE LID AND GASKET OF SERVICE COOLER, ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SHELVES INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNIT AT THE REAR. #34 NOTED HEAVY GREASE BUILT UP ALONG WALL BASE UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT,HEAVY DIRT BUILT UP ALONG WALL BASE AT THE REAR AND UNDERNEATH HEAVY EQUIPMENT. STILL INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST UPGRADE HOUSE KEEPING. #35 NOTED MULTIPLE HOLES AND OPENINGS ALONG PIPING, ON CEILING, ON WALLS AND BIG HOLE UNDERNEATH HANDWASH SINK BY THE BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL HOLES AND OPENING THROUGH OUT TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PESTS.#38 INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN LEAKING FAUCET AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. #41 INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN,REMOVE AND/OR ORGANIZE CLUTTER ON SHELVING AT THE KITCHEN AND AT THE REAR STORAGE AREA TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PESTS.MANAGER IMMEDIATELY STARTED CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO UPGRADE HOUSE KEEPING AT ALL TIMES. CITATION ISSUED FOR CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-42-090critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • STILL NOTED THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATIONS FROM INSPECTION REPORT #1353488 DATED 07/05/2013 NOT CORRECTED:- #32 INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN SHELVES AT THE KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN FREE OF DIRT AND GREASE.#33 INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INSIDE LID AND GASKET OF SERVICE COOLER, ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SHELVES INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNIT AT THE REAR. #34 NOTED HEAVY GREASE BUILT UP ALONG WALL BASE UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT,HEAVY DIRT BUILT UP ALONG WALL BASE AT THE REAR AND UNDERNEATH HEAVY EQUIPMENT. STILL INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST UPGRADE HOUSE KEEPING. #35 NOTED MULTIPLE HOLES AND OPENINGS ALONG PIPING, ON CEILING, ON WALLS AND BIG HOLE UNDERNEATH HANDWASH SINK BY THE BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL HOLES AND OPENING THROUGH OUT TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PESTS.#38 INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN LEAKING FAUCET AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. #41 INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN,REMOVE AND/OR ORGANIZE CLUTTER ON SHELVING AT THE KITCHEN AND AT THE REAR STORAGE AREA TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PESTS.MANAGER IMMEDIATELY STARTED CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO UPGRADE HOUSE KEEPING AT ALL TIMES. CITATION ISSUED FOR CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-42-090
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INSIDE UPRIGHT REFRIGERATION AT THE REAR STORAGE ENCRUSTED WITH OLD FOOD PARTICLES AND SPILLS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL HOLES AND OPENINGS ALONG PIPPING ON CEILING AND WALLS TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL HOLES AND OPENINGS ALONG PIPPING ON CEILING AND WALLS TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NOTED LEAKAGE AT THE U-JOINT OF THE EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK AT THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. PREMISES HAS ANOTHER EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT THE REAR.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • NOTED WASH CLOTHS WITH FOOD STAINS INSIDE UPRIGHT REFRIGERATION AT THE REAR ABSORBING WATER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL WASH CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT IN USE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • NOTED WASH CLOTHS WITH FOOD STAINS INSIDE UPRIGHT REFRIGERATION AT THE REAR ABSORBING WATER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL WASH CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT IN USE.

When was Safari Restaurant last inspected?

Safari Restaurant has 11 inspections on record going back to September 20, 2010.

Safari 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 September 6, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.