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The Elephant Thai Cuisine
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 12, 2017
- address5348 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60646
Is The Elephant Thai Cuisine clean?
The Elephant Thai Cuisine is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 12, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Elephant Thai Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found food items not properly dated in walk in cooler, must properly date food items in walk in cooler.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found food items not properly dated in walk in cooler, must properly date food items in walk in cooler.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Display cooler shelving that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Display cooler shelving that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Prep table lower shelving not clean, had grease build up, needs detailed cleaning(crevices).
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, dish machine not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, dish machine not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
When was The Elephant Thai Cuisine last inspected?
The Elephant Thai Cuisine has 15 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| April 12, 2017 | — | |
| March 20, 2017 | — | |
| January 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 29, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 30, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2013 | Pass | |
| February 11, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2012 | Pass |
The Elephant Thai Cuisine vs Forest Glen
Forest Glen runs 77% clean across 113 tracked restaurants — 87 clean, 15 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 113 spots Cooked tracks in Forest Glen, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 January 12, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.