Vora

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 16, 2016
• address1028 N Clark St, Chicago 60610

Is Vora clean?

Vora is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 16, 2016. 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 Vora?

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

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD UP ON FLOORS BENEATH THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND ON FLOOR DRAINS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND FLOOR DRAINS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD UP ON FLOORS BENEATH THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND ON FLOOR DRAINS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND FLOOR DRAINS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • AT TIME OF INSPECTION, THE EXPOSED HANDSINK AT THE HOT WOK STATION NOT MAINTAINED HOT/COLD WATER WAS TURNED-OFF AT HANDSINK WHILE EMPLOYEES WERE PREPPING FOODS AND NO HAND SOAP AT HAND SINK. INSTRUCTED TO TURN HOT/COLD WATER KNOBS BACK ON AND PROVIDE HAND SOAP AT SAID HAND SINK AND MAINTAIN. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-030.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED OPEN CANS OF FOODS INSIDE COOLERS.INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE INTO REGULAR CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED OPEN CANS OF FOODS INSIDE COOLERS.INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE INTO REGULAR CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF DUSTS,FOOD DEBRIS SPLASHED ON WALLS IN KITCHEN AREAS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE WALLS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF DUSTS,FOOD DEBRIS SPLASHED ON WALLS IN KITCHEN AREAS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE WALLS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED CLUTTER IN STORAGE CLOSETS.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM THE PREMISES AND ELEVATE STORED STOCK ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE WALL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED COOK AT COOK LINE WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HAIR RESTRAINTS FOR FOOD HANDLERS WHEN WORKINGN AROUND OPEN FOODS.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED COOK AT COOK LINE WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HAIR RESTRAINTS FOR FOOD HANDLERS WHEN WORKINGN AROUND OPEN FOODS.

When was Vora last inspected?

Vora has 13 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Vora vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Vora
  clean · May 21, 2013
• ✓ Yu Choy
  cooked · January 23, 2018
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  cooked · July 25, 2019
• ✓ Jelly Fish
  clean · August 27, 2012
• ✓ City Porch
  cooked · May 29, 2014
• ✓ City Porch
  clean · March 28, 2012

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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.