Tabaq Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 7, 2019
• address1245 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60610

Is Tabaq Restaurant clean?

Tabaq Restaurant is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 7, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Tabaq Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD (CHICKEN) IS BEING PREPARED FOR THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 1:25 P.M. AND 1:50 P.M.CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ARRIVES AT 1:50 P.M. . CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED .
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7.38.010.NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE OR CLEAN UP KIT ON SITE. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW WHEN RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED TCS FOODS (CHICKEN RICE CURRY) HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS WITH OUT DISCARD DATE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE DISCARD DATE FOR ANY TCS FOODS HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • OBSERVED YOGURT MADE ON SITE AND STORED IN 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR. MANAGER DOES NOT PROVIDE A HAACP OR VARIANCE FOR YOGURT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD YOGURT AND PRODUCTS MADE WITH YOGURT (DRINK:MANGO, YOGURT, SUGAR & YOGURT SUGAR) . THE CITY OF CHICAGO REQUIRES FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS TO OBTAIN A VARIANCE AND HAACP WHEN PREPARING YOGURT ON SITE. MANAGER DISCARDED YOGURT AND PRODUCTS MADE WITH YOGURT AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAACP AND VARIANCE FOR YOGURT MADE ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION . 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. .
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED SUGAR STORED IN BULK CONTAINER WITH NO COMMON NAME LABEL. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. • OBSERVED DESSERTS MADE AND PACKAGED ON SITE WITH NO FOOD LABEL. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE THE COMMON NAME OF THE FOOD, A LIST OF INGREDIENTS; THE NAME AND PLACE OF BUSINESS OF THE MANUFACTURER, PACKER, OR DISTRIBUTOR; AND THE NAME OF THE FOOD SOURCE FOR EACH MAJOR FOOD ALLERGEN CONTAINED IN THE FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. • OBSERVED FOOD PREPACKAGED WITH NO LABEL, PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS ARE MADE ON SITE AND CONTAINS MILK. INSTRUCTED THE MANAGER TO PROVIDE THE NAME OF THE FOOD SOURCE FOR EACH MAJOR FOOD ALLERGEN CONTAINED IN THE FOOD UNLESS THE FOOD SOURCE IS ALREADY PART OF THE COMMON OR USUAL NAME OF THE RESPECTIVE INGREDIENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS IN KITCHEN STAINED AND WITH DEEP BLACK GROOVES. MUST REPLACE OR RESURFACE. • OBSERVED RAW CHICKEN STORED IN GROCERY STORE THANK YOU BAGS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ONLY STORE FOOD IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED POTS TO BIG TO BE SUBMERGED IN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK . INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE IMMERSION OF THE LARGEST POT OR CREATE A CLEANING PROCEDURE FOR ANY POTS THAT CAN NOT BE SUBMERGED IN SINK. • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS TO TEST THE SANITIZING AGENT FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED POTS TO BIG TO BE SUBMERGED IN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK . INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE IMMERSION OF THE LARGEST POT OR CREATE A CLEANING PROCEDURE FOR ANY POTS THAT CAN NOT BE SUBMERGED IN SINK. • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS TO TEST THE SANITIZING AGENT FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FROZEN RAW CHICKEN QUARTERS AND BLOOD STUCK TO THE BOTTOM AND SIDE OF DEEP FREEZER, CHICKEN IS NOT STORED IN ANY BAG. ITS FROZEN DIRECTLY IN FREEZER WITH ICE CRYSTALS SURROUNDING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKAGE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK PIPE CONNECTED TO GREASE TRAP IS LEAKING FACILITY HAS TUB UNDERNEATH CATCHING WATER, FROM THE TOP OF TOILET LIGHT LEAKAGE AND FROM THE FAUCET NECK OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK OBSERVED BAGS TIED AROUND FAUCET TO STOP LEAKAGE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAID AREAS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED 2 FOOT WHOLE IN WALL IN MAIN FLOOR RESTROOM BEHIND TOILET. INSTRUCTED MANGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR FOOD HANDLERS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR FOOD HANDLERS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANGER TO PROVIDE.

When was Tabaq Restaurant last inspected?

Tabaq Restaurant has 18 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Tabaq Restaurant vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 7, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.