Cedars Palestine Kitchen

1206 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615

Passed · Mar 27, 2025 Directions
91
Excellent BiteKarma score 91 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 6 of 8 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Mar 27, 2025: passed with 2 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 7 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Mar 27

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Nov 26

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Previous core violation corrected
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  5. Passed Feb 8

    Canvass

    6 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Allergen training as required
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Mar 30

    Complaint

    7 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food properly labeled; original container

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