Starr Catering

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 30, 2019
• address6320 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659
• cuisineCatering

Is Starr Catering clean?

Starr Catering is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 30, 2019. 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 Starr Catering?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND PROVIDE CLEANING SUPPLIES KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NO VISIBLE THERMOMETER INSIDE ALL COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST PROPERLY LABELED ALL DRY BULK FOOD CONTAINERS WITH COMMON(SUCH AS FLOUR,SUGAR,SALT,ETC). • ALL FOOD NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER MUST BE PROPERLY LABEL WITH COMMON NAME OF THE FOOD.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST NOT USE MILK OR SODA CRATE TO STORE FOOD STOCKS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WITH RAISED SHELVINGS TO STORE FOOD STOCKS. ALL BOXED AND FOOD CONTAINERS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND WALK IN FREEZER MUST BE ELEVATED 6" OFF THE FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST NOT USE MILK OR SODA CRATE TO STORE FOOD STOCKS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WITH RAISED SHELVINGS TO STORE FOOD STOCKS. ALL BOXED AND FOOD CONTAINERS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND WALK IN FREEZER MUST BE ELEVATED 6" OFF THE FLOOR.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • ALL EMPLOYEES WORKING,HANDLING FOOD IN THE PREP AREA MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT TO CONFINE THE HAIR.
  Personal Cleanliness • ALL EMPLOYEES WORKING,HANDLING FOOD IN THE PREP AREA MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT TO CONFINE THE HAIR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTH FOR WIPING THE PREP TABLES, CHOPPING BOARD MUST BE STORED ON A BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • TORN RUBBER GASKET ON THE LEFT SIDE DOOR OF 2 DOOOR REACH IN COOLER . MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR DOOR LOWER COMPARTMENT OF THE DEEP FRYER, THE BOTTOM SHELVE OF ALL PREP TABLES,ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS,AND ALL EXTERIOR TOP OF THE STOVES WITH HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATED AND MAINTAIN HEAVY DUST BUILD UP ON THE FAN GUARD OF THE 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER . MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED ON THE MOP SINK FAUCET. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE, SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOOR UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH DIRT,GREASE AND DUST. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • WATER STAINED CEILING TILES OF THE EMPLOYEE'S WASHROOM AND IN THE DINING AREAS. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • THRESHOLD OF THE WALK IN FREEZER DOOR IN POOR REPAIR. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER .

When was Starr Catering last inspected?

Starr Catering has 14 inspections on record going back to September 1, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Starr Catering vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in West Ridge

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  cooked · September 29, 2011
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• ✓ Garden Of Eden
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• ✓! Sabri Nihari Restaurant
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• ✓ Hoanh Long Restaurant
  cooked · January 3, 2018
• ✓ Baba Cash & Carry
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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 30, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.