Zaiqa Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 3, 2019
• address2245 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Zaiqa Restaurant clean?

Zaiqa Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 3, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Zaiqa Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12- ALL DRY BULK FOOD CONTAINERS AND SPICES MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH COMMON NAME OUTSIDE THE CONTAINERS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14- WIPING CLOTH FOR WIPING THE PREP TABLES,CHOPPING BOARD MUST BE STORED ON A BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USES.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.12- ALL POTS,PANS, TRAYS, FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND DUST BUILD-UP.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.12- ALL POTS,PANS, TRAYS, FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND DUST BUILD-UP.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-201.11- FOUND GROCERY BAG BEING USED TO STORED FROZEN FOOD. MUST REPLACE WITH FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAG.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-603.15-OBSERVED EXTRA LARGE POTS AND PANS ON PREMISES THAT DOES NOT FIT ON THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK,BUT NOT BEING USED AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WITH SMALLER ONES OR INSTALL A LARGE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-603.15-OBSERVED EXTRA LARGE POTS AND PANS ON PREMISES THAT DOES NOT FIT ON THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK,BUT NOT BEING USED AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WITH SMALLER ONES OR INSTALL A LARGE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11- MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES. ALONG THE WALL BASE, ALL CORNER IN THE FRONT AND REAR PREP AREA. IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA, BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MOP SINK AREA. INSIDE WALK IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13- NO PROOF OF FO0D HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICTATE FOR THE REST OF EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13- NO PROOF OF FO0D HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICTATE FOR THE REST OF EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Zaiqa Restaurant last inspected?

Zaiqa Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2018.

Zaiqa Restaurant vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 45% 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 September 3, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.