Smakosz

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 19, 2015
• address5619 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Smakosz clean?

Smakosz is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 19, 2015. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Smakosz?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 19, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE:FOUND TWO BAGS OF RAW PORK STORED INSIDE CHEST FREEZER AT TEMP OF 49.7F-53.7F AND 54F;ALSO A POT FULL OF COOKED POTATOES STORED UNDER THE STAIRCASE THAT GOES DOWN THE BASEMENT AT TEMP OF 113F TO 116F.HOT FOOD MUST MAINTAIN TEMP OF 140F AND ABOVE,COLD FOOD 40F AND BELOW. TEMPERATURE ABUSE FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED.POUNDS 35,VALUE 100. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • FOUND EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE KITCHEN NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR HAND WASHING.INSIDE THE SINK WAS DRAINING FOUR PANS AND BEHIND THE FAUCET A GREEN CUTTING BOARD,NECK FAUCET WAS TILT TO THE LEFT. AS I WAS STANDING IN THE KITCHEN AWAITING TO WASH MY HANDS,COOK REMOVED PANS AND STORED THEM.INFORMATION ON ACCESSIBILITY OF EXPOSED HAND SINK GIVEN.ALL ITEMS REMOVED. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-030
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • FOOD STORED INSIDE THE CHEST FREEZER MUST BE COVERED.ALSO PROVIDE FOOD GRADE BAGS TO STORE FOOD.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • FOOD STORED INSIDE THE CHEST FREEZER MUST BE COVERED.ALSO PROVIDE FOOD GRADE BAGS TO STORE FOOD.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DIRTY CARDBOARDS WITH CLEAN PANS STORED ON TOP,USED AS SHELF LINER UNDER THE CHARCOAL GRILL.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND KEEP AREA CLEAN FOUND DRAIN LINE FROM THE POP GUN HOLDER DRAINING AT THIRD COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY CONNECTED SUCH THAT IT DRAINS DIRECTLY INTO A FLOOR DRAIN. FOUND POP LINES STORED INSIDE A METAL CONTAINER WHICH WAS STORED ON TOP DRAIN BOARD OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,RIGHT SIDE. LINES NEED TO BE MAINTAIN COLD/ICED.IN THE OTHER SIDE(LEFT) OF THE DRAIN BOARD, A SELF DRAIN ICE CONTAINER IS STORED ON IT.INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE ITEMS SO THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IS PROPERLY USED
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DIRTY CARDBOARDS WITH CLEAN PANS STORED ON TOP,USED AS SHELF LINER UNDER THE CHARCOAL GRILL.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND KEEP AREA CLEAN FOUND DRAIN LINE FROM THE POP GUN HOLDER DRAINING AT THIRD COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY CONNECTED SUCH THAT IT DRAINS DIRECTLY INTO A FLOOR DRAIN. FOUND POP LINES STORED INSIDE A METAL CONTAINER WHICH WAS STORED ON TOP DRAIN BOARD OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,RIGHT SIDE. LINES NEED TO BE MAINTAIN COLD/ICED.IN THE OTHER SIDE(LEFT) OF THE DRAIN BOARD, A SELF DRAIN ICE CONTAINER IS STORED ON IT.INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE ITEMS SO THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IS PROPERLY USED

When was Smakosz last inspected?

Smakosz has 9 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2010.

Smakosz vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 June 19, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.