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Temax Garden Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 16, 2024
- address2544 S Western Ave, Chicago 60608
Is Temax Garden Cafe clean?
Temax Garden Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 16, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Temax Garden Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 OBSERVED DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS (BEANS, FLOUR, ETC.) NOT LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT NAME. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL ITEMS THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-502.13 OBSERVED FOODS STORED IN GROCERY BAGS IN THE REACH-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED ONLY TO USE FOOD-GRADE BAGS AND FOOD-GRADE CONTAINERS TO STORE ALL FOODS.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-502.13 OBSERVED FOODS STORED IN GROCERY BAGS IN THE REACH-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED ONLY TO USE FOOD-GRADE BAGS AND FOOD-GRADE CONTAINERS TO STORE ALL FOODS.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED ONE MALE FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED ONE MALE FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.
When was Temax Garden Cafe last inspected?
Temax Garden Cafe has 14 inspections on record going back to October 20, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 30, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 30, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| August 24, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 4, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 20, 2012 | — |
Temax Garden Cafe vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.