Zebda

4344 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60641

Passed re-check · May 7, 2025 Directions
79
Fair BiteKarma score 79 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 2 of 4 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected May 7, 2025: passed with 1 violation. That was a follow-up after failing on May 5, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices, cited 4 times.

Inspection history 4 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed May 7

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    1 violation
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
  3. Failed May 5

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    3 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Summary report displayed and visible to the public
    • Previous priority foundation violation corrected
  4. Failed Apr 25

    Canvass

    8 violations
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Previous core violation corrected
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    • Food properly labeled; original container
  5. 2024
  6. Passed Jul 29

    License

    4 violations
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Allergen training as required
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices

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