Ya Ya

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 29, 2020
• address1458 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Ya Ya clean?

Ya Ya is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 29, 2020. 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 Ya Ya?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE NOR ADEQUATE SUPPLIES ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 OBSERVED HAND WASHING SIGNS ARE NEEDED AT THE CUSTOMER AREA HAND WASHING SINK AND IN THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-502.13 OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING RE-USED AS A SHELF LINER FOR THE COLD HOLDING UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO NOT RE-USE CARDBOARD.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-502.13 OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING RE-USED AS A SHELF LINER FOR THE COLD HOLDING UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO NOT RE-USE CARDBOARD.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12 OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE LOCATED ON THE MOP SINK IN THE REAR OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO CLOSED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO CLOSED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

When was Ya Ya last inspected?

Ya Ya has 4 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2011.

Ya Ya vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 April 29, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.