Sofra Turkish Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 3, 2012
• 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 May 3, 2012. 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 May 3, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST RE-ATTACH BROKEN SPLASH GUARD AT HAND SINK AND CLEAN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST RE-ATTACH BROKEN SPLASH GUARD AT HAND SINK AND CLEAN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • EXTERIOR COOKS LINE EQUIPMENT MUST CLEAN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AND UNDER COFFE CART MUST CLEAN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AND UNDER COFFE CART MUST CLEAN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DAMAGED CEILING IN DRY STORAGE ROOM. MUST REPAIR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DAMAGED CEILING IN DRY STORAGE ROOM. MUST REPAIR.

When was Sofra Turkish Kitchen last inspected?

Sofra Turkish Kitchen has 2 inspections on record going back to April 24, 2012.

Sofra Turkish Kitchen vs Lake View

Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 May 3, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.