Thai Aroma

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 16, 2017
• address4142 N Broadway, Chicago 60613

Is Thai Aroma clean?

Thai Aroma is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 16, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Thai Aroma?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 16, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FOUND WALK IN COOLER TEMPERATURE AT 45.3F. CRITICAL VIOLATION.7-38-005( A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. 60 POUNDS RAW CHICKEN AT 45.2F, 27 POUNDS CREAM CHEESE AT 45.1F, 20 POUNDS TOFU AT 44.0F, 10 POUNDS CURRY SAUCE 44.3F, 10 POUNDS PEANUT SAUCE AT 44.1F, 20 POUNDS RAW BEEF AT 44.2F, 5 POUNDS DICED TOMATOES AT 45.3F, AND 5 POUNDS COOKED RICE AT 65.2F. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-005(A) DISPOSED OF APPROXIMATELY 157 POUNDS OF FOOD. APPROXIMATE VALUE AT 300 DOLLARS.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY. ON SHELVING UNITS. MUST STORE INVERTED.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY. ON SHELVING UNITS. MUST STORE INVERTED.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT ALL PREPARATION AREAS AND DRY STORAGE AREAS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT ALL PREPARATION AREAS AND DRY STORAGE AREAS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE WATER LINE. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • FOUND CLUTTER STORED INSIDE DRY STORAGE AREAS.(OLD EQUIPMENT, PLATES, BOXES, ETC.) MUST CLEAN AND ORGANIZE DRY STORAGE AREAS.

When was Thai Aroma last inspected?

Thai Aroma has 13 inspections on record going back to June 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Thai Aroma vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 February 16, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.