Thai is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 16, 2016. 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 Thai?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 16, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROPERLY DATE AND LABEL ALL PREPARED AND COOKED FOODS AND VEGETABLES AT ALL TIMES. FOUND MANY FOOD CONTAINERS HOLDING COOKED RICE, SOUPS, CHICKEN, AND VEGETABLES NOT DATED OR LABELED. ALL FOODS NOT FOUND IN THEIR ORIGINAL CONTAINERS MUST ALWAYS BE DATED AND LABELED.
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROPERLY DATE AND LABEL ALL PREPARED AND COOKED FOODS AND VEGETABLES AT ALL TIMES. FOUND MANY FOOD CONTAINERS HOLDING COOKED RICE, SOUPS, CHICKEN, AND VEGETABLES NOT DATED OR LABELED. ALL FOODS NOT FOUND IN THEIR ORIGINAL CONTAINERS MUST ALWAYS BE DATED AND LABELED.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF EXHAUST HOOD CANOPY TO REMOVE GREASE BUILD-UP.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE EXHAUST HOOD FILTERS AT CEILING OF EXHAUST HOOD CANOPY TO REMOVE EXCESS GREASE AND GRIME BUILD-UP.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE EXHAUST HOOD FILTERS AT CEILING OF EXHAUST HOOD CANOPY TO REMOVE EXCESS GREASE AND GRIME BUILD-UP.
⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST PROVIDE IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE FOR ALL FOOD STAFF ON PREMISES.WAITRESS ON DUTY DID NOT HAVE HER IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE.MUST ALWAYS PROVIDE.
Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST PROVIDE IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE FOR ALL FOOD STAFF ON PREMISES.WAITRESS ON DUTY DID NOT HAVE HER IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE.MUST ALWAYS PROVIDE.
When was Thai last inspected?
Thai has 12 inspections on record going back to May 5, 2010.
date
result
score
January 13, 2017
closed by the city
September 16, 2016
Pass
March 31, 2015
Pass
March 30, 2015
—
March 19, 2015
Fail
August 6, 2014
Pass w/ Conditions
November 13, 2013
Pass
November 5, 2013
Fail
October 29, 2013
Fail
May 7, 2013
Pass
February 10, 2012
Pass
May 5, 2010
Pass
Thai vs North Center
North Center runs 41% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 74 mid, 495 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 September 16, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.