Alejandra Mexican Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 15, 2011
• address748 W 61St, Chicago 60621

Is Alejandra Mexican Restaurant clean?

Alejandra Mexican Restaurant is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 15, 2011. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Alejandra Mexican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 15, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animals • MICE ACTIVITY ON PREMISES, SAW MICE DROPPINGS IN PREP AREA, STORAGE AREA, IN CUSTOMER AREA NEXT TO BATHROOMS, ALSO IN REAR PREP AND OFFICE AREA, INST. TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE SECTIONS CALL PEST CONTROL CO. FOR SERVICE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, BUSINESS LICENSE SUSPENDED.critical
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animals • MICE ACTIVITY ON PREMISES, SAW MICE DROPPINGS IN PREP AREA, STORAGE AREA, IN CUSTOMER AREA NEXT TO BATHROOMS, ALSO IN REAR PREP AND OFFICE AREA, INST. TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE SECTIONS CALL PEST CONTROL CO. FOR SERVICE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, BUSINESS LICENSE SUSPENDED.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD. SERIOUS VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED.(HANDLES BEEF TACOS, CHICKEN, RICE, BEANS ETC.)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND TABLES, COUNTERS, AND DEEP FRYER AREAS NOT CLEAN. CLEAN SAME
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND TABLES, COUNTERS, AND DEEP FRYER AREAS NOT CLEAN. CLEAN SAME
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN ALONG WALLS AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES.MUST BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN ALONG WALLS AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES.MUST BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND HOLES IN WALLS THAT MUST BE SEALED TO PREVENT PEST HARBORING.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND HOLES IN WALLS THAT MUST BE SEALED TO PREVENT PEST HARBORING.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND EXHAUST HOOD NOT CLEAN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • FOUND CLUTTER THAT MUST BE REMOVED.(OLD CAKE CABINET, PINATAS, PILLOWS, ETC.).

When was Alejandra Mexican Restaurant last inspected?

Alejandra Mexican Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to November 15, 2011.

Alejandra Mexican Restaurant vs Englewood

Englewood runs 59% clean across 303 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 40 mid, 84 cooked.

Against the 303 spots Cooked tracks in Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 15, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.