Toast

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 14, 2019
• address2046 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Toast clean?

Toast is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 14, 2019. 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 Toast?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO SIGNED EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICIES.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE AND ITEMS FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE DRINKING FROM A OPEN CUP IN THE REAR PREP AREA.MUST PROVIDE A ENCLOSED DRINK CONTAINER.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED NO DATE MARKINGS ON TCS READY TO EAT FOODS STORED INSIDE OF COOLERS BEING HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER OF THE RISK OF CONSUMING RAW AND UNDERCOOKED FOODS ON THE MENU.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORIGINAL PACKAGE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST STORE SILVERWARE WITH HANDLES IN UPRIGHT POSITION.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST STORE SILVERWARE WITH HANDLES IN UPRIGHT POSITION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REMOVE FOIL LINED ON SHELVING UNITS IN FRONT PREP AREA.MUST REMOVE RUST FROM WALK IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS,REAR PREP AREA PREP TABLES.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM GRILL TABLE,PIPES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT,EXTERIOR OF GARBAGE CANS,UNUSED EQUIPMENT STORED ON BASEMENT SHELVING UNIT.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • MUST PROVIDE GARBAGE CANS WITH LIDS FOR PREP AREA AND ELIMINATE BUCKETS USED FOR GARBAGE CANS.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • MUST PROVIDE GARBAGE CANS WITH LIDS FOR PREP AREA AND ELIMINATE BUCKETS USED FOR GARBAGE CANS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED WALL IN BASEMENT DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA,WALL TRIM IN DISH WASHING AREA IN POOR REPAIR,GAP IN LOWER WALL BASE NEAR COOKING EQUIPMENT,DAMAGED LOWER WALL UNDER FRONT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK. • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM WALL UNDER DISH MACHINE. • MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS IN PREP AREA AND AT HAND SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP ON FLOOR UNDER SHELVING UNITS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND UDER DISH MACHINE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE MISSING VENTILATION COVER ON COMPRESSOR IN WALK IN COOLER.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE MISSING VENTILATION COVER ON COMPRESSOR IN WALK IN COOLER.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MET FOR EMPLOYEES.MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MET FOR EMPLOYEES.MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN.

When was Toast last inspected?

Toast has 14 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Toast vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Logan Square

• ✓ Pepe's # 2 Food & Liquor
  clean · November 19, 2015
• ✓ Tores Italian Beef
  cooked · May 4, 2010
• ? Jack's Place
  cooked · August 16, 2012
• ? Plaza Food Mart
  cooked · February 24, 2014
• ✓ Las Asadas
  clean · January 8, 2010
• ? J & J Amoco Inc
  cooked · September 12, 2013

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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 14, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.