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Waba Korean Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 11, 2016
- address5100 N Western Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Waba Korean Restaurant clean?
Waba Korean Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 11, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Waba Korean Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 11, 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 GREASE BUILD UP ON PREP AREA FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND FRYER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOOR IN KITCHEN AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP ON PREP AREA FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND FRYER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOOR IN KITCHEN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED PEELING PAING ON PREP AREA CEILING ABOVE PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL PEELING PAINT AT PREP AREA CEILING.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED PEELING PAING ON PREP AREA CEILING ABOVE PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL PEELING PAINT AT PREP AREA CEILING.
- ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.
When was Waba Korean Restaurant last inspected?
Waba Korean Restaurant has 11 inspections on record going back to August 2, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 25, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| July 18, 2017 | — | |
| June 30, 2017 | — | |
| October 11, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2016 | — | |
| July 1, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2013 | Pass | |
| December 21, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 29, 2012 | — | |
| August 2, 2010 | Pass |
Waba Korean Restaurant vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 11, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.