Saigon Bistro

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 30, 2018
• address6242-6244 N California Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Saigon Bistro clean?

Saigon Bistro is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 30, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Saigon Bistro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 30, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) INTERIOR ICE BIN SURROUNDING PLASTIC BACK PANEL WITH SOME DIRT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19 MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS LINER FOR SHELVING IN THE KITCHEN STORAGE. • 4-202.16 MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(A)(A) NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENT. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17(A-B)(E-G) ALL PREPARED FOODS HELD LONGER THAN 24 HOURS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH NAME, DATE AND EXPIRATION DATE NO LONGER THAN 7 DAYS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • 3-603.11(A) MUST PROVIDE A DISCLOSURE REMINDER ON MENU FOR FOODS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSUMER ADVISORY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 ALL BULK SPICE CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-904.11(A) ALL TABLEWARES MUST BE COVERED, WRAPPED OR PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION • 4-803.11 SOILED LINENS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED. NOT HANGING TO DRY THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREA.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-904.11(A) ALL TABLEWARES MUST BE COVERED, WRAPPED OR PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION • 4-803.11 SOILED LINENS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED. NOT HANGING TO DRY THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREA.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE TO GO CONTAINER STORAGE ROOM AND IN THE WOMANS WASHROOM. MUST BE REPLACE.----FLOORS BEHIND COOKS LINE EQUIPMENT WITH EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 NO PROOF OF TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 NO PROOF OF TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100-0367 NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.

When was Saigon Bistro last inspected?

Saigon Bistro has 15 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Saigon Bistro vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 August 30, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.