Sunshine Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 5, 2018
• address4649 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Sunshine Restaurant clean?

Sunshine Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 5, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sunshine Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 5, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE BACK STORAGE AREA LABELED IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL IN ENGLISH.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE BACK STORAGE AREA LABELED IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL IN ENGLISH.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED WORN OUT CAULKING ON THE EXPOSED HANDSINK AND PREP SINK IN THE FRONT AREA AND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND ADD NEW CAULKING. OBSERVED IN WASHROOM THE TOILET PAPER HOLDER BEING HELD UP BY DUCT TAPE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE TAPE AND REPAIR HOLDER. OBSERVED A RIPPED GASKET IN THE RIGHT DOOR OF THE REACH IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. EXIT DOOR SCREEN WORN OUT WITH DUST ACCUMULATED. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED WORN OUT CAULKING ON THE EXPOSED HANDSINK AND PREP SINK IN THE FRONT AREA AND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND ADD NEW CAULKING. OBSERVED IN WASHROOM THE TOILET PAPER HOLDER BEING HELD UP BY DUCT TAPE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE TAPE AND REPAIR HOLDER. OBSERVED A RIPPED GASKET IN THE RIGHT DOOR OF THE REACH IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. EXIT DOOR SCREEN WORN OUT WITH DUST ACCUMULATED. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED ICE MACHINE INTERIOR IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. OBSERVED FANGUARD IN 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER WITH DUST BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED GROUT WITH DIRT BUILDUP IN KITCHEN AREA AND IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN GROUT TO AVOID PEST HARBORING.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED GROUT WITH DIRT BUILDUP IN KITCHEN AREA AND IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN GROUT TO AVOID PEST HARBORING.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP IN CEILING VENTS LOCATED IN THE WASHROOM, KITCHEN AND 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. OBSERVED WATER STAINED AND FOOD SPLATTERED CEILING TILES IN KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND REPLACE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP IN CEILING VENTS LOCATED IN THE WASHROOM, KITCHEN AND 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. OBSERVED WATER STAINED AND FOOD SPLATTERED CEILING TILES IN KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND REPLACE.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED A BURNED OUT LIGHT IN 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • VENTILATION IN THE WASROOM NOT WORKING . MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Sunshine Restaurant last inspected?

Sunshine Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2018.

Sunshine Restaurant vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 5, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.