Saheji's Grill & Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 13, 2012
• address1140 W 76Th St Bldg, Chicago 60620

Is Saheji's Grill & Restaurant clean?

Saheji's Grill & Restaurant is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 13, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Saheji's Grill & Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 13, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE TOUCH UNCLEAN SURFACES(GARBAGE, DOORS, BROOM HANDLE) THEN PUT ON GLOVES WITHOUT WASHING HIS HANDS IN BETWEEN TASKS WITH SOAP AND WATER AT THE DESIGNATED EXPOSED HANDSINK IN FOOD PREP AREA. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-0
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • 20-30 MICE & RAT DROPPINGS OBSERVED SCATTERED ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS THROUGHOUT REAR. UNABLE TO PRODUCE THE PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS, SEAL UP ALL OPENINGS FOUND, PROVIDE PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK ALONG WITH A RECENT RECEIPT. CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-020.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CERTIFIED MGR. ON PREMISES WHILE FOOD WAS BEING PREPARED AND SOLD AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION. CITATION ISSSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-012
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN AND/OR REMOVE ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT FROM PREMISES. CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR CABINETS AND EXTERIORS OF DEEP FRYERS, HOOD & FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF ALL COOLERS & FREEZERS, ALL PREP TABLES AND SHELVES, MOP SINK, MICROWVE OVEN, ALL PIPES UNDERNEATH 3 COMP. SINK AND ALL OTHER UNCLEAN SURFACES THROUGHOUT. DEFROST ALL FREEZERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN ALL UNCLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES. CLEAN ALL WALLS WHERE NEEDED.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN ALL UNCLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES. CLEAN ALL WALLS WHERE NEEDED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPLACE BROKEN HOT WATER KNOB ON MOP SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ELIM9NATE CLUTTER IN REAR SECTIONS OF BUSINESS.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING OPEN FOODS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING OPEN FOODS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.

When was Saheji's Grill & Restaurant last inspected?

Saheji's Grill & Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to June 29, 2011.

Saheji's Grill & Restaurant vs Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.

Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

Other spots in Auburn Gresham

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• ✓ Cornell's Hoagie Shoppe
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• ✓ South Food Mart
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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 13, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.