Vienestar Familiar

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 16, 2016
• address6352 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60629

Is Vienestar Familiar clean?

Vienestar Familiar is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 16, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Vienestar Familiar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 16, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NO HANDSINK ON SITE TO WASH HANDS PRIOR TO SERVING CUSTOMERS. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO WASH HANDS IN REST ROOM THATS LESS THAN 25 FEET AWAY. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • NO OUTSIDE GARBAGE CONTAINER ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
  Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • NO OUTSIDE GARBAGE CONTAINER ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ALL RAW WOOD SHELVES IN NEED OF PAINTING TO COVER ALL RAW WOOD. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ALL RAW WOOD SHELVES IN NEED OF PAINTING TO COVER ALL RAW WOOD. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • GREASE TRAP NEEDED AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. AIR VENT ABOVE PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE KEPT IN A CLEAN SANITIZED CONTAINER. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE KEPT IN A CLEAN SANITIZED CONTAINER. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES NEED FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES NEED FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Vienestar Familiar last inspected?

Vienestar Familiar has 2 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2016.

Vienestar Familiar vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 August 16, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.