West Indies International

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 30, 2023
• address839-841 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619

Is West Indies International clean?

West Indies International is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 30, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at West Indies International?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 30, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED 2 DEAD ROACHES IN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA AND 2 DEAD ROACHES UNDER THE SERVICE COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL DEAD ROACHES AND CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AFFECTED AREAS.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED THE FACILITY MISSING THREE SINK STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED THE FACILITY MISSING THREE SINK STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE BAKING PANS AND CUTTING BOARDS WITH SEVERE RUST/ BURNT RESIDUE, SEVERELY DISCOLORED WITH DEEP CUTS, IN THE REAR FOOD PREP/ DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN SAID BAKING PANS AND RESURFACE THE CUTTING BOARDS OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND INSIDE THE METAL SHELVING UNIT AT THE REAR FOOD PREP/ DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS FROM THE FACILITY AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE WALL NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA WITH FOOD SPLATTERS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID WALL.

When was West Indies International last inspected?

West Indies International has 26 inspections on record going back to October 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

West Indies International vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 28% of them.

Other spots in Avalon Park

• ✓ Taurus Flavors
  clean · August 11, 2014
• ✓! Dady Mart Food & Liquor
  mid · August 30, 2010
• ✓ Dady Mart Food & Liquor
  clean · September 15, 2015
• ✓ Honey Baked Ham Co
  clean · August 11, 2016
• ? Kenwood Liquors
  cooked · December 29, 2023
• ✓ Express Convienence & Express Abc Communicatins
  clean · May 26, 2015

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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 November 30, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.