Tropical Taste Restaurant

3917 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Passed · Aug 19, 2025 Directions
74
Fair BiteKarma score 74 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 4 of 7 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Aug 19, 2025: passed with 6 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used, cited 4 times, plus 8 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 7 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Aug 19

    Short Form Complaint

    6 violations
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
  3. Passed Aug 1

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    6 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
  4. Failed Jul 30

    Canvass

    8 violations
    • In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Proper hot holding temperatures
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
  5. 2024
  6. Perfect Jun 13

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    No violations

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