Zanzibar Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 30, 2018
• address1036 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago 60660

Is Zanzibar Cafe clean?

Zanzibar Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 30, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Zanzibar Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 30, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HANDWASH BOWL AT DISHWASH AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST ADD A HANDWASH BOWL WITH RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER AT DISHWASH AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CALIBRATE FOOD METAL STEM THEROMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED 1/2 INCH GAP AT FRONT DOOR SWEEP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST RODENT PROOF FRONT ENTRANCE/EXIT DOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • PREP AREA 2-DOOR AND 3-DOOR REACH IN COOLERS DOOR RUBBER GASKETS RIPPED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REPLACE/REPAIR DAMAGED DOOR RUBBER GASKETS.

When was Zanzibar Cafe last inspected?

Zanzibar Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2016.

Zanzibar Cafe vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 November 30, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.