Salam Restaurant

4634-4636 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60625

Passed · Aug 11, 2025 Directions
80
Good BiteKarma score 80 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 8 of 9 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Aug 11, 2025: passed with 10 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 6 times, plus 17 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 9 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Aug 11

    Complaint

    10 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried, and handled
    • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
  3. Passed May 22

    Complaint

    4 violations
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Food properly labeled; original container
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Oct 23

    Canvass

    10 violations
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Proper date marking and disposition
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Aug 4

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    2 violations
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Allergen training as required

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