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December 16, 2004

How Does Your Favorite Restaurant in Oak Park
Look on Our Health Dept. Report Card ?
by Ed Vincent

It is hard to believe that this is first time a newspaper in Oak Park
has done a recording and investigation of our restaurants. After hours
and hours of reading and examining our Oak Park Health Department
reports I want to thank the entire department for the wonderful job
they have done in helping to insure the health of our citizens.

Mr. Mike Charley is doing a fine job of heading the department and he
has even better things planned for the future. He is hoping to have
an in-house Safety Class taught in Oak Park where managers of restaurants could attend and become certified by the State in
food sanitation.

It should first be noted that there are three separate classes of food
establishments recognized in Illinois. Type 1 (IDHP Illinois Department of Public Health) deals with total food preparation, as found in most
full service restaurants. Type 2 (IDHP Illinois Department of Public Health) deals with many of the typical fast food establishments like
Mc Donald's. The food in type 2 facilities is often frozen or pre-cooked,
allowing for fewer chances at contamination. Type 3 (IDHP Illinois Department of Public Health) are businesses like gas stations with
coffee and sweet rolls, frozen foods for distribution, and some food
stores where seperate foods like salads and the like are not made.

Different violations have different values placed upon them, and
generally speaking the higher the number value subtracted, the
higher the threat is to your health. All reports begin with a value
of 100 and as health problems are recorded on the talley sheet,
those violations are subtracted from the original value. There are
some food restaurants and stores that have a perfect score, but
not as many as we would like to see.

We still have restaurants with a history of rodent droppings going
back several years, these businesses will get an even closer look
in the coming year from the Health department. There are also
a number of eating establishments that do not have a certified
food manager on staff or anywhere to be found. There are also
some Oak Park Elementary Schools that do not have a certified
food manager on staff while the food is being prepared or served.
One of the schools even had a critical violation in their report.

Education and certification is the first key to having a safe place to
eat and the other elements are concern and diligence. We hope that
the publishing of the results helps to self regulate these Oak Park
businesses.

Each critical violation can cause illness to a person and if the person
is a child or an elderly individual the results can be devastating.
One restaurant had 7 critical violations and another had 4, and
each is very serious. People who work in these restaurants need
to be informed and educated in food safety, it would also be good
if the people in your kitchen could speak English. When an inspector
finds an error and can not converse with the employee, this is not
a plus.

Another report that was too unbelievable was the inspection from
West Suburban Hospital. The kitchen at West Suburban Hospital
got an 81%, and if someone in the Hospital is not sure about how
bacteria grow and germs are spread-what's next.

The city of Chicago has all of their restaurants on a web based database
that all persons can view. Oak Park should do the same thing, until
then we have this list for you.

The Link Below is what the State requires mobile kitchens to have
and some restaurants are failing at these items.

http://www.idph.state.il.us//about/fdd/fdd_fs_tempfood.htm

This is the complete list of Oak Park Health Dept. Reports
Databased by the Oak Park Journal

% of 100	Restaurant Name	Managers Name	Address	Inspect Date	IDPH #
64	Thai Oak Park Restaurant	Khanchoi Yingprasert	6851 North Avenue	6/25/2004	1
64	Petersen's Ice Cream	Daryl Bartelson	1100 Chicago Ave	3/22/2004	1
69	Cozy Corner	Jim & Georgia Dravilas	138 North Marion Ave.	5/24/2004	1
71	Lake Room	Spiro Papageorge	733 Lake Street	7/27/2004	1
71	J & J Fish	Sala Hedin Ali	6317 North Ave	8/17/2004	2
73	Original Pancake House	Milt Petts	954 Lake Street	5/26/2004	1
73	China Hot Chop Suey	Jun Ru Tan	6425 North Ave.	5/11/2004	1
73	Café LeCoq	Jim August	734 Lake Street	6/3/2004	1
74	Khyber Pass	Mohammed Jawad	1031 Lake Street	6/1/2004	1
74	Giordano's	Mark Rogers/Juan Rico	1115 Chicago Ave.	8/13/2004	2
75	Onion Roll	Ralph Cordone	6935 North Ave	4/27/2004	1
75	Flat Top	Peter Dodge	726 Lake Street	5/19/2004	1
75	Geppetto's	James Cosmano	113 North Oak Park Ave.	2/23/2004	1
75	Buona Beef	R.Bautista/R.Gutterrez	7025 North Ave.	5/26/2004	1
76	Kentucky Fried Chicken	LaTasha Brown	601 North Harlem Ave	8/23/2004	2
76	La Playita	Gerry Meza	250 Chicago Ave	9/16/2004	1
76	King's Chop Suey	Wen Bin Ruan	210 Lake Street	5/6/2004	1
76	IHOP	Ali Alforook/E.Jackson	6501 North Ave.	6/23/2004	1
77	Thyme & Honey	Tom Nicolaos	100 South Oak Park Ave.	6/16/2004	1
78	Ino's	Rich Diaz	7100 Roosevelt Road	7/20/2004	1
78	House of China	Mao Quang Chen	7124 Roosevelt Road	7/23/2004	1
78	Oak Park & River Forest High	Micheline Piekarski	201 North Scoville	5/6/2004	1
78	TGI Friday	Peter Vaccarezza	417 North Harlem Ave.	8/5/2004	1
79	George's Restaurant	George Konstantos	145 South Oak Park Ave.	7/1/2004	1
79	Petersen's Ice Cream	Daryl Bartelson	1100 Chicago Ave	7/6/2004	1
79	La Majada	Jessie Haggar	226 Harrison Street	9/27/2004	1
79	Grape Leaves	Raj Khalil	129 South Oak Park Ave.	7/1/2004	1
79	Something's Brewing	Matt Steltzer	906 South Oak Park Ave.	1/30/2004	1
79	Border's Café	Kathleen Arnoldt	1144 Lake Street	8/5/2004	2
80	Jimmy n Deans	Fortuno Diaz	1141 Garfield	8/5/2004	1
80	Happiness	Peter Moi	6222 Roosevelt Road	7/27/2004	1
81	Robinson's # 1 Ribs	Charlie Robinson	940 Madison Street	7/20/2004	1
81	La Bella Pastaria	Michael Pace	109 South Marion	7/8/2004	1
81	Maple Tree Restaurant	Jerry Tassos	1034 Lake Street	6/1/2004	1
81	Mama Thai	Varama Kamar	1112 Madison Street	6/22/2004	1
81	Denny's	Sergio Bustamonte	711 North Harlem Ave.	5/20/2004	1
81	West Suburban Hospital	Steve Dolgin	518 North Austin Boulevard	7/28/2004	1
81	Oak Park Foods	Gus Boudros	133 South Oak Park Ave.	4/13/2004	2
82	New Rebozo	Francisco Lopez	1116 Madison Street	6/11/2004	1
82	Papa Spiros	Spiros Papageorge	733 Lake Street	9/23/2004	1
82	#1 Chop Suey	Tiffany Hu	242 Chicago Ave.	5/14/2004	1
82	Fair Share Foods	Joe Salamene	6226 Roosevelt Road	4/8/2004	2
82	Seven Eleven	Salim Matthew	240 Chicago Ave	8/6/2004	2
82	Dino's Pizzeria	Sam Abassi	132 Madison Street.	5/20/2004	1
82	Villager Foods	Butch Novak	1135 Chicago Ave	7/8/2004	1
82	Pan's Foods	John Vlahos	820 South Oak Park Ave	6/14/2004	1
83	Trattoria Vivaldi	Neal O'Mara	144 South Oak Park Ave.	7/9/2004	1
83	Mickey's Gyros	George Vergados	525 Harlem Ave	8/3/2004	1
83	Cosi	Brian Shirley	1101 Lake Street	7/29/2004	1
84	Purees Pizza	Kris Reda Khaled	1023 Lake Street	8/30/2004	2
84	Oak Park Food Mart	Azzam Mohammed	1 Chicago Avenue	9/2/2004	3
84	Jewel Foods	Kevin van Pelt	438 Madison Street	7/28/2004	1
85	Poor Phil's	Tim Maxwell	139 South Marion Ave	6/18/2004	1
85	Holly Court Terrace	Tim Coon	1111 Ontario	6/3/2004	1
85	Prarie Bread Kitchen	Roger Cameron	103 North Marion Street	6/28/2004	1
85	Los Cazadores	Garcia/Claudia Fidel	1113 Lake Street	6/11/2004	1
85	Szechwan Bejing	David Chung	1107 South Boulevard	7/20/2004	1
85	Wendy's	Ramah Lee	11 North Harlem Ave.	8/9/2004	2
85	Lalo's	Gloria Mantano	804 South Oak Park Ave	10/4/2004	1
85	Pasta Shop	Dino Romanucci	116 North Oak Park Ave	6/10/2004	1
85	Al's Grill	Tony Loutas	1053 Madison Street	5/11/2004	1
85	A.P. Deli	Corrine Robinson	6311 North Ave.	5/18/2004	1
86	Kentucky Fr Chicken/Pizza Hut	Celesta Moony	316 Madison Street	5/17/2004	1
86	Jewel Foods	Shelia Berenfield	7036 Roosevelt Road	6/9/2004	1
86	Scotti Deli	Nuly Connors	1120 Westgate	9/15/2004	2
86	Seven Eleven	Sajan Thomas	515 Madison Street	9/10/2004	2
86	Shell Gas Station	Mohammed Yarcob	401 Madison Street	4/8/2004	3
87	Sunny Sub	Mohammed Nasir Khan	420 Austin Blvd	7/29/2004	1
87	Unity Food	Yogan Bajaria	416 North Austin Boulevard	4/24/2003	1
87	Imperial	Raymond Wong	20 Lake Street	5/7/2004	1
87	Fenwick High School	Connie Meier	505 Washington Blvd	1/8/2004	1
87	Rock L's	Pete Liarkos	1115 Lake Street	8/31/2004	2
87	Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins	Abdul Kamruddian	6820 Roosevelt Road	3/31/2004	2
87	Sagano Sushi	Narvethep Julamske	731 Lake Street	8/9/2004	1
87	Leona's	Willie Means	848 Madison Street	9/21/2004	1
87	Mancini's	Al/Nadia Mancini	1038 Lake Street	6/22/2004	1
87	Xando Cosi	R Kanivga/Marc Mackey	1101 Lake Street	3/11/2004	1
87	Minou & Company	Spring McDermott	104 North Marion	8/30/2004	2
88	19th Century Womans Club	Chef Angelita Segura	178 North Forest Ave.	9/8/2004	1
88	Oak Park Health Center	La Tonia Kinsey	625 North Harlem Ave.	6/23/2004	1
88	Cucina Paradiso	Anthony Gambino	814 North Blvd.	7/15/2004	1
88	Good Shepard Learning Center	Selena Burton/T.O'Neal	326 Lake Street	4/27/2004	3
88	Philander's	Louis Osvaldo	1110 Pleasant Ave	8/2/2004	1
88	Lou's Peking House	Sue Mei Lou	113 North Marion Ave	7/8/2004	1
89	Hepzibah	Ann Puccetti	946 North Blvd.	6/25/2004	1
89	Longfellow School	Thea Pelkins	715 South Highland Ave	10/1/2004	2
89	Avenue Ale House	Michael Pace	825 South Oak Park Ave.	7/12/2004	1
89	White Hen Pantry	Karen Miller	661 South Boulevard	4/1/2004	2
89	Indus Petroleum	Mohan Thala Mala	100 Chicago Ave.	4/18/2003	3
89	Great Harvest Bread	Jeff Gruer	736 Lake Street	8/13/2004	2
89	Hemmingway Bistro	Christopher Ala	211 North Oak Park Ave.	5/20/2004	1
89	Mc Donald's	Sandra Jackson	111 Madison Street	9/9/2004	2
89	Michael's Beef House	David Frontier	6747 North Ave	6/24/2004	1
89	The Buzz Café	Laura Maychurk/B.Gold	905 South Lombard Ave.	9/8/2003	1
90	Kenny's Ribs + Chicken	Vincent Brown	6427 North Ave.	6/9/2004	1
90	Pete's Hot Dog	Bill Hara Lampos	6346 Roosevelt Road	8/17/2004	2
90	Chipolte Mexican Grill	Octavio Rivera	1128 Lake Street	5/13/2004	1
90	Popeye's	Corey Monroe	610 Madison Street	8/12/2004	2
90	Quiznos Classic Subs	Raven Battlin Roddrick	1148 Westgate	9/2/2004	2
90	Rehm Park	Zach Day	515 Garfield	8/16/2004	2
90	R & J Convenient Mart	Martiez Gayer	6049 North Avenue	1/26/2004	3
90	Laury's Bakery	Jerry Katzback	12 Madison Street	7/8/2004	1
90	Marion Street Grill	Terry Thulis	189 North Marion	12/4/2003	1
90	Oak Park Arms	Moses Williams	408 South Oak Park Ave	6/10/2004	1
91	Oak Park Bakery	Anthony Pepe	904 South Oak Park Ave.	7/13/2004	1
91	Tasty Dog	Mike Barton	708 Lake Street	9/15/2004	1
92	Pizza Palazzo	John Stroth	314 Madison Street	7/29/2004	2
92	Winnberie's	Gary Nebiola	151 North Oak Park Ave.	7/16/2004	2
93	Subway	Maria Luna-Yassin	1000 Lake Street	8/9/2004	2
93	Subway	Naushah Wadigwala	208 Lake Street	8/10/2004	2
93	Home Away frm Home DayCare	Yvonne Calloway	112 Chicago Ave.	8/25/2004	2
93	King and I	Rattanandapym Deeuda	105 North Marion	6/30/2004	1
93	White Hen Pantry	Paul Tackett	23 North Harlem Ave	9/24/2004	2
94	The Perfect Dinner	Deborah Buttler	809 South Boulevard	9/12/2004	1
94	Atrium	Steven Dolgin	518 North Austin	7/12/2004	1
94	New Pot	Soon Pattanarong	727 Lake Street	9/20/2004	1
94	Whitter School	Ruth Radnitzer	713 North Harvey	9/30/2004	2
95	Fuego Loco	Brian Strattun	722 Lake Street	4/12/2004	1
95	Little Beginnings	Charlie Phillips	847 Madison Street	9/16/2004	1
95	Percy Julian School	Lina Chernyshev	400 South Ridgeland Ave	9/22/2004	2
96	Oberweis Dairy	Matt Murphy	124 North Oak Park Ave.	7/15/2004	2
96	Gwendolyn Brooks Middle Sch	Shetrice Campbell	325 South Kenilworth Ave.	5/10/2004	1
96	Starbucks	Julie Ruiek	1000 Lake Street	8/11/2004	2
96	OPRF Day Nursery	Catherine Hort	1139 Randolph Street	7/30/2004	1
96	RUSH-Oak Park Hospital	Anne Melios	520 South Maple Ave	6/22/2004	1
96	Woodbine Nursing	Roseanne Marchitto	6909 North Ave	7/27/2004	1
97	Lake Theater	Rosie Acosta	1020 Lake Street	7/29/2003
97	Nick's on Madison	Anthony Gallichio	330 Madison Street	7/28/2004	1
98	Glasser PreSchool	Marci Flynn	1235 North Harlem Ave.	4/28/2004	3
98	West Suburban Montessori	Gloria Nash	1039 South East Ave.	12/3/2003	2
99	The Buzz (library)	Laura Henderson	834 Lake Street	6/4/2004	2
99	Ridgeland Commons Time Out	Rory Joyce/Bill Hamilton	415 Lake Street	7/18/2003	2
99	Irving School	Marshall Conner	1125 South Cuyler Ave.	5/27/2004	2
99	Panda Express	Fung Chin	1030 Lake Street	5/30/2001	1
100	Rush Medical	Tom Cocenour	610 South Maple	6/22/2004	3
100	Pal's Day Care	Felicia Randle/J. Lee	1018-20 Madison Ave	12/2/2003	1
100	Seattle Sutton	Robert Curley	814 South Oak Park Ave	11/10/2003	3
100	Small World	Teresa Holloway	1009 Garfield	8/18/2004	2
100	Harvey House B & B	Beth Harvey	107 South Scoville Ave.	6/21/2004	3
100	Holmes School	Alice Stevens	508 North Kenilworth Ave.	5/10/2004	2
100	Under the Ginko Tree	Gloria Onishuk	300 North Kenilworth Ave	7/29/2003
100	Oak Park Township	Sandra Ambrose	408 South Oak Park Ave.	6/2/2004	1