Sofra Turkish Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 22, 2010
• address3134 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Sofra Turkish Kitchen clean?

Sofra Turkish Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 22, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sofra Turkish Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST REPAINT THE GREASE TRAP UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST REPAINT THE GREASE TRAP UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. DETAIL CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR OF PREP COOLERS (WIRE RACKS AND BOTTOM OF COOLERS), VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS, PREP TABLES, DUST ON UTENSIL HOLDER ABOVE PREP COOLER, DUST AND GREASE ON LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE DEEP FRYERS, STORAGE SHELVES AND CABINETS, DIRTY DISHES STORED UNDER PREP TABLE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA AND BASEMENT. THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE PREP AREA IS NOT LEVEL AND THERE ARE BROKEN FLOOR TILES. MUST LEVEL THE FLOOR AND REPALCE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA AND BASEMENT. THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE PREP AREA IS NOT LEVEL AND THERE ARE BROKEN FLOOR TILES. MUST LEVEL THE FLOOR AND REPALCE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. DETAIL CLEAN AND REPAINT THE WALLS OF THE PREP AREA, ESPECIALLY ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. DETAIL CLEAN AND REPAINT THE WALLS OF THE PREP AREA, ESPECIALLY ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. OBSERVED AN UNSHIELDED LIGHT BULB AT THE VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE THE GRILL AREA. MUST INSTALL A LIGHT SHIELD.

When was Sofra Turkish Kitchen last inspected?

Sofra Turkish Kitchen has 2 inspections on record going back to July 22, 2010.

Sofra Turkish Kitchen vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 July 22, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.