Tastee Freez

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 6, 2014
• address4400 S California Ave, Chicago 60632

Is Tastee Freez clean?

Tastee Freez is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 6, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Tastee Freez?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 6, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • OBSERVED COOK MAKING HOT DOG AND DRESSING THE HOT DOG WITH ONIONS AND TOMATO WITH HER BARE HANDS. THEN WATCHED COOK WALK TO OUTSIDE TOUCH THE GARBAGE AND RETURN INSIDE TO RINSE HER HANDS IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. I INSTRUCTED THE COOK TO WASH HER HANDS IN THE HAND WASH SINK USING SOAP AND DRYING WITH PAPER TOWELS. INSTRUCTED COOK THAT TONGS, SPOONS OR GLOVES ARE TO BE USED AND BARE HAND CONTACT IS NOT ALLOWED. POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010 (A)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVING IN WALK IN COOLER. MUST SEAL OR PAINT RAW WOOD AND HAVE IT BE A NON ABSORBANT EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. MUST MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVING IN WALK IN COOLER. MUST SEAL OR PAINT RAW WOOD AND HAVE IT BE A NON ABSORBANT EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. MUST MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR IN DISREPAIR WITH BROKEN TILES. OBSERVED COVING OF WALK IN COOLER IN DISREPAIR. REPAIR TILES AND COVING AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED STANDING WATER ON FLOOR AROUND WALK IN COOLER. MAINTAIN FLOORS IN A CLEAN DRY CONDITION.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR IN DISREPAIR WITH BROKEN TILES. OBSERVED COVING OF WALK IN COOLER IN DISREPAIR. REPAIR TILES AND COVING AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED STANDING WATER ON FLOOR AROUND WALK IN COOLER. MAINTAIN FLOORS IN A CLEAN DRY CONDITION.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED FOOD ON FLOOR OF WALK IN COOLER. ALL FOOD NEEDS TO BE STORED AT LEAST 6" OFF FLOOR AT ALL TIMES.

When was Tastee Freez last inspected?

Tastee Freez has 8 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2010.

Tastee Freez vs Brighton Park

Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.

Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 23% of them.

Other spots in Brighton Park

• ✓ Wing Wah Lau Restaurant
  clean · December 31, 2012
• ✓ Don Beto's Grill
  clean · September 15, 2010
• ✓ El Salvador Restaurant
  clean · July 18, 2014
• ✕ La Oaxaquena
  cooked · May 17, 2010
• ✓ La Oaxaquena Grocery, Inc.
  clean · October 25, 2010
• ✓ Mar Y Tierra Restaurant
  clean · July 9, 2012

See every restaurant inspection in Brighton Park →

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 6, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.