Turkish Cuisine

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 3, 2018
• address2546-2548 W Peterson Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Turkish Cuisine clean?

Turkish Cuisine is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 3, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Turkish Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2018, 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 • 2-102.14(N) NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENT. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17 ALL PREPARED TCS FOODS MUST BE PROPERLY DATE MARKED WHICH INCLUDES AN EXPIRATION DATE.
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • 8-201.13 YOGURT BEING MADE ON PREMISES. A HACCP PLAN IS REQUIRED. SEE VIOLATION #32.
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • 8-103.11 MANAGEMENT STATES YOGURT IS MADE ON THE PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO CEASE MAKING YOGURT AND OBTAIN COMMERCIALLY MADE YOGURT UNTIL APPROVED FOR YOGURT MAKING BY CDPH. DID NOT OBSERVE ANY YOGURT ON THE PREMISES AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • 8-103.11 MANAGEMENT STATES YOGURT IS MADE ON THE PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO CEASE MAKING YOGURT AND OBTAIN COMMERCIALLY MADE YOGURT UNTIL APPROVED FOR YOGURT MAKING BY CDPH. DID NOT OBSERVE ANY YOGURT ON THE PREMISES AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 BULK FLOUR AND RICE CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 MUST INSTALL SPLASH GUARDS ON THE KITCHEN AND THE FRONT BAR HAND WASHING SINKS. • 3-305.11 ALL ITEMS THROUGHOUT MUST BE STORED ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS 6" OR ABOVE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 MUST INSTALL SPLASH GUARDS ON THE KITCHEN AND THE FRONT BAR HAND WASHING SINKS. • 3-305.11 ALL ITEMS THROUGHOUT MUST BE STORED ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS 6" OR ABOVE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-202.16 MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS SHELVING OR A MEANS OF ELEVATION THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES. • 4-501.11(A) MUST PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS FOR THE BAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. • 4-101.19 MUST NOT USE DUCT TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR INSIDE THE COOKS LINE THREE DOOR COOLER. MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE MATERIAL.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(B) EXTERIOR OF THE TALL REACH-IN FREEZER DIRTY. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12 BACK FLOW PREVENTOR NOT LOCATED ON THE UTILITY MOP SINK AND THE ICE MACHINE TO BE SERVICED AMD MAINTAINED. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115 OUTSIDE REFUSE AREA MUST BE MAINTAINED AND FREE OF ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED ON SURROUNDING GROUNDS.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115 OUTSIDE REFUSE AREA MUST BE MAINTAINED AND FREE OF ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED ON SURROUNDING GROUNDS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-101.11 MISSING FLOOR TILES AT THE UTILITY MOP CLOSET AND BETWEEN THE KITCHEN TALL REACH-IN COOLER AND FREEZER. MUST REPLACE AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. • 6-201.13 MISSING COVING ALONG BASEBOARD BEHIND THE TOILET IN THE MEN'S WASHROOM. MUST REPLACE. • 6-201.11 FLOORS WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS UNDER THE KITCHEN OVEN, BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE AND METAL RACK STORAGE SHELVING NEXT TO THE ICE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • 6-201.16(A) MISSING WALL TILES BEHIND THE UTILITY MOP SINK AND THE WOMAN'S WASHROOM TOILET. MUST SEAL BOTH TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS AND REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS AND REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100-0367 NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR THE PENDING CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Turkish Cuisine last inspected?

Turkish Cuisine has 18 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Turkish Cuisine vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, 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 October 3, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.