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True Food Kitchen
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 20, 2018
- address1-9 W Erie St, Chicago 60654
Is True Food Kitchen clean?
True Food Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 20, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at True Food Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcriticalHands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEE IN THE COOK LINE USING BARE HAND TO PLATE READY TO EAT FOOD (GINGER, VEGETABLES). THIS SAME EMPLOYEE WAS ALSO OBSERVED PLATING RAW SUSHI FISH WITH GLOVED HAND, THEN REMOVE COOKED MEAT FROM THE STOVE WITH THE SAME GLOVED HAND, WITHOUT PROPERLY WASHING HANDS BETWEEN RAW AND COOKED PRODUCT. INSTRUCTED THAT BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS IS PROHIBITED AND INSTRUCTED THAT WHEN SWITCHING FROM RAW TO COOKED PRODUCTS, GLOVES MUST BE CHANGED, HANDS COMPLETELY WASHED, AND NEW GLOVES PUT ON. EMPLOYEE DISCARDED OLD GLOVES, WASHED HANDS AND PUT ON NEW GLOVES. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-010(A)
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CLEAN DISHES STORED DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE BAR HAND SINK WITHOUT PROPER SPLASH GUARD IN PLACE. ALSO OBSERVED FOOD PREP SINK DIRECTLY NEXT TO HAND SINK IN WALK IN COOLER WITHOUT PROPER SPLASH GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SPLASH GUARDS AT THESE HAND SINKS TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN DISHWARE STORAGE AND FOOD PREP ACTIVITIES.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CLEAN DISHES STORED DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE BAR HAND SINK WITHOUT PROPER SPLASH GUARD IN PLACE. ALSO OBSERVED FOOD PREP SINK DIRECTLY NEXT TO HAND SINK IN WALK IN COOLER WITHOUT PROPER SPLASH GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SPLASH GUARDS AT THESE HAND SINKS TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN DISHWARE STORAGE AND FOOD PREP ACTIVITIES.
When was True Food Kitchen last inspected?
True Food Kitchen has 7 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 3, 2017 | Fail | |
| September 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 18, 2016 | — |
True Food Kitchen vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 20, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.