Zig Zag Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 18, 2014
• address2436 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Zig Zag Kitchen clean?

Zig Zag Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 18, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Zig Zag Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL MULTI USE UTENSILS MUST BE CLEANED AND STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZED MANNER, ALL SINGLE SERVE UTENSILS MUST BE TURNED THE SAME WAY SO AS TO NOT CONTAMINATE THE UTENSIL. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL MULTI USE UTENSILS MUST BE CLEANED AND STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZED MANNER, ALL SINGLE SERVE UTENSILS MUST BE TURNED THE SAME WAY SO AS TO NOT CONTAMINATE THE UTENSIL. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUBBER GASKETS ON REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF REPLACING WHERE WORN. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUBBER GASKETS ON REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF REPLACING WHERE WORN. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF REACH IN FREEZERS IN BASEMENT AREA, MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF OVENS AT 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGH OUT 1ST AND BASEMENT PREP AREAS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE SPILLS AND BUIKLD UP.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGH OUT 1ST AND BASEMENT PREP AREAS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE SPILLS AND BUIKLD UP.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS AND CEILINGS IN THE BASEMENT AND 1ST FLOOR PREP IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER AND BUILD UP OF DUST. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS AND CEILINGS IN THE BASEMENT AND 1ST FLOOR PREP IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER AND BUILD UP OF DUST. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • TOILET ROOMS IN NEED OF CLEANING. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • HOOD VENTILATION ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND DUST BUILD. MUST CLEAN AIR VENTS THROUGH OUT. MUST CLEAN AIR VENT IN WALK IN COOLER. MUST CLEAN TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUILD UP.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ALL UNNECESSARY CLUTTER IN 1ST FLOOR MOP CLOSET MUST BE REMOVED AND OR ORGANIZED. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Zig Zag Kitchen last inspected?

Zig Zag Kitchen has 6 inspections on record going back to December 30, 2010.

Zig Zag Kitchen vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 February 18, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.