Sol Ga Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2013
• address5828 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Sol Ga Restaurant clean?

Sol Ga Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 27, 2013. 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 Sol Ga Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED #18- OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF MICE DROPPINGS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF PREMISES: UNDER AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, UNDER AND ON SHELVES, IN DISH ROOM, INSIDE THE CABINETS UNDER THE DINING TABLES IN DINING ROOM (WHICH ARE USED TO ALSO COOK FOOD-KOREAN STYLE BBQ). OVER 60 MICE DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT IS REQUIRED TO CLEAN-UP ALL MICE DROPPINGS AND WASH AND SANITIZE AREAS MENTIONED. ADDITIONAL SERVICE BY PEST CONTROL COMPANY REQUIRED. #29 PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED GREASEBOXES UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS NOT MAINTAINED. MUST REMOVE RUST AND CLEAN. #34-RUSTED FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REFINISH OR REPAIR TO BE EASILY CLEANABLE. FLOORS THOUGH-OUT ESTABLISHMENT ALONG WALLBASE IN PREP AREA, DINING AREA, BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND UNDER 2 AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS.critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED #18- OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF MICE DROPPINGS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF PREMISES: UNDER AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, UNDER AND ON SHELVES, IN DISH ROOM, INSIDE THE CABINETS UNDER THE DINING TABLES IN DINING ROOM (WHICH ARE USED TO ALSO COOK FOOD-KOREAN STYLE BBQ). OVER 60 MICE DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT IS REQUIRED TO CLEAN-UP ALL MICE DROPPINGS AND WASH AND SANITIZE AREAS MENTIONED. ADDITIONAL SERVICE BY PEST CONTROL COMPANY REQUIRED. #29 PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED GREASEBOXES UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS NOT MAINTAINED. MUST REMOVE RUST AND CLEAN. #34-RUSTED FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REFINISH OR REPAIR TO BE EASILY CLEANABLE. FLOORS THOUGH-OUT ESTABLISHMENT ALONG WALLBASE IN PREP AREA, DINING AREA, BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND UNDER 2 AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS ON COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SHELVING THROUGH-OUT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING GROUT AT THE FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN/DISH ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR FLOOR, AND PROVIDE GROUT THROUGHOUT SAID FLOORS. SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. FLOORS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AREA AND PREMISES ALONG WALL AND CORNERS NEED DETAILED CLEANING.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING GROUT AT THE FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN/DISH ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR FLOOR, AND PROVIDE GROUT THROUGHOUT SAID FLOORS. SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. FLOORS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AREA AND PREMISES ALONG WALL AND CORNERS NEED DETAILED CLEANING.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • GREASE BUILD-UP ON NEWS PAPER INSIDE THE CABINETS OF DINING TABLES,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE NEWS PAPER AND CLEAN SAID AREA. GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON WALLS AND ATTACHED PIPES/CONDUITS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME. ACCUMULATED DUST ON CEILING VENT COVERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • GREASE BUILD-UP ON NEWS PAPER INSIDE THE CABINETS OF DINING TABLES,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE NEWS PAPER AND CLEAN SAID AREA. GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON WALLS AND ATTACHED PIPES/CONDUITS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME. ACCUMULATED DUST ON CEILING VENT COVERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE PROVIDED AT WATER LINE OF ICE MACHINE, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. BROKEN WATER HANDLES AT ONE COMPARTMENT SINK BY THE TWO COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR /PREP AREA. SINK IS ALSO CLOGGED AT THIS TIME. MUST CLEAR DRAIN.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER. MUST PROVIDE STEM THERMOMETER.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER. MUST PROVIDE STEM THERMOMETER.

When was Sol Ga Restaurant last inspected?

Sol Ga Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2010.

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Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, 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 August 27, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.