Selam Market And Restaurant Llc

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 20, 2025
• address4543 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is Selam Market And Restaurant Llc clean?

Selam Market And Restaurant Llc is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Selam Market And Restaurant Llc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDSINK INFRONT BUTCHER PREP AREA.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS (PREP/REACH-IN COOLER/WALK-IN COOLER)
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED WITH COMMON NAME (SALT, SUGAR, SPICES ETC)
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE PLASTIC SODA CRATES OR MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION THROUGHOUT (KITCHEN, REAR STORAGE, BASEMENT STORAGE AREA, FRONT BUTCHER PREP AREA). MUST USE PROPER RAISED SHELVES 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS FOR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR KITCHEN AND IN FRONT BAR AREA.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS FOR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR KITCHEN AND IN FRONT BAR AREA.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOLERS, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING STOVE/OVEN WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS IN THE KITCHEN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LOOSE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE KITCHEN AND LOOSE HANDWASHING FAUCET INSIDE THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM. • BACKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE NOT LOCATED AT MOPSINK IN THE KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SO THAT IT CAN BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL HOLES ON WALL AROUND REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT, UNDER AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS AND ALONG THE WALLS UNDER AND BEHIND STORAGE SHELVINGS/RACKS IN THE BASEMENT STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, ALL FOOD HANDLERS THAT DO NOT HAVE CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE SHALL COMPLETE AN APPROVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROGRAM.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, ALL FOOD HANDLERS THAT DO NOT HAVE CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE SHALL COMPLETE AN APPROVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROGRAM.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOUND NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSON WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.

When was Selam Market And Restaurant Llc last inspected?

Selam Market And Restaurant Llc has 17 inspections on record going back to December 1, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Selam Market And Restaurant Llc vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.

Other spots in Uptown

• ✓ Selam Market And Restaurant Llc
  clean · December 5, 2016
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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 February 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.