Sala Bua Thai Cuisine

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 31, 2015
• address2002 S Wentworth Ave Bldg 103, Chicago 60616

Is Sala Bua Thai Cuisine clean?

Sala Bua Thai Cuisine is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 31, 2015. 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 Sala Bua Thai Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 31, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • INADEQUATE HANDS WASHING FACILITIES. FOUND MAIN KITCHEN HAND WASH SINKS COVERED WITH BOXES AND NO RUNNING COLD WATER. INSTRUCTED MGR TO KEEP HAND SINK ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030. BY THE END OF INSPECTION COLD WATER RESTORED.
• ⚠️Potentially Hazardous Food Properly Thawed • IMPROPER THAWING OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. FOUND RAW SEA FOOD AND CHICKEN BEING THAWED AT COUNTER TOP IN STANDING WATER. INSTRUCTED TO THAW FOOD ACCORDING TO HEALTH CODE, IE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005.
  Potentially Hazardous Food Properly Thawed • IMPROPER THAWING OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. FOUND RAW SEA FOOD AND CHICKEN BEING THAWED AT COUNTER TOP IN STANDING WATER. INSTRUCTED TO THAW FOOD ACCORDING TO HEALTH CODE, IE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • EMPLOYEES MEDICIN AND PERSONAL IEMS STORED ON FOOD SHLEVES, INSTRUCTED TO STORED SPARATELY.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLERS REQUIRMENTS NOT MET.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLERS REQUIRMENTS NOT MET.

When was Sala Bua Thai Cuisine last inspected?

Sala Bua Thai Cuisine has 4 inspections on record going back to September 12, 2013.

Sala Bua Thai Cuisine vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.

Other spots in Armour Square

• ✓ Sala Bua Thai Cuisine
  clean · October 15, 2013
• ✓ South Loop Hotel
  clean · November 17, 2017
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• ✓ Redmoon Theater
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• ✓ Redmoon Theater
  clean · October 22, 2015
• ✓ Flaming Pot
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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 31, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.