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The Karczma Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 15, 2015
- address4640 N Cumberland Ave, Chicago 60656
Is The Karczma Cafe clean?
The Karczma Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 15, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Karczma Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 15, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • : FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT ALBELE OR DATED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • : FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT ALBELE OR DATED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DEEP FRYER CABINET, FILTERS, CUTTING BOARD, UTENSILS, PREP COUNTER AND TABLES, STORAGE SHELVES AND COOLER GASKETS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ANS SANITIZE ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR NOT MAINTAINED THROUGH-OUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE FLOO TILE LEADING TO TOILET ROOM AND DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR THROUGH-OUT REAR PREP AREA.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR NOT MAINTAINED THROUGH-OUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE FLOO TILE LEADING TO TOILET ROOM AND DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR THROUGH-OUT REAR PREP AREA.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING TILE, VENTILATION COVERS AND LIGHT COVERS NOT MAINTAINED THROUGH-OUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DUST AND DETAIL CLEAN COVERS AND REPLACE ALL DAMAGED CEILING TILE.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING TILE, VENTILATION COVERS AND LIGHT COVERS NOT MAINTAINED THROUGH-OUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DUST AND DETAIL CLEAN COVERS AND REPLACE ALL DAMAGED CEILING TILE.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • ESTABLISHMENT HAS NOT MET REQUIREMENT FOR FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING HANDLED.Food Handler Requirements Met • ESTABLISHMENT HAS NOT MET REQUIREMENT FOR FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING HANDLED.
When was The Karczma Cafe last inspected?
The Karczma Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to May 8, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| July 15, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 14, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2014 | — |
The Karczma Cafe vs Dunning
Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 July 15, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.