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Szalas Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 13, 2013
- address5214-5220 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632
Is Szalas Restaurant clean?
Szalas Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 13, 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 Szalas Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • EXTERIOR TOP OF DISHMACHINE AND INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH CALCIUM/LIME BUILD-UP. INSTD TO MAINTAIN SAME.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • EXTERIOR TOP OF DISHMACHINE AND INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH CALCIUM/LIME BUILD-UP. INSTD TO MAINTAIN SAME.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INTERIOR OF STOVES NEED DETAILED CLEANING.
When was Szalas Restaurant last inspected?
Szalas Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| July 14, 2014 | — | |
| August 13, 2013 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 21, 2011 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Szalas Restaurant vs West Elsdon
West Elsdon runs 39% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 156 clean, 37 mid, 202 cooked.
Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, 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 13, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.