Amelia's Authentic Mexican Cuisine

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 5, 2015
• address4559 S Halsted St, Chicago 60609

Is Amelia's Authentic Mexican Cuisine clean?

Amelia's Authentic Mexican Cuisine is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 5, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Amelia's Authentic Mexican Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • NOTED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE A 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR AT IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURES SUCH AS:8LBS COOKED RICE AT 50.1F AND 10LBS OF SALSA AT 49.9F BOTH FOOD ITEMS WERE DISCARD AND DENATURED. TOTAL WEIGHT 18LBS AND COST $90. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-005(A).
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • NOTED SILVERWARE ON TABLES AND CLEAN DISHES IN THE REAR PREP AREA NOT STORED PROPERLY TO PREVENT AND CONTAMINATION. MUST COVER OR WRAP SILVERWAR AND INVERT DISHES.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • NOTED SILVERWARE ON TABLES AND CLEAN DISHES IN THE REAR PREP AREA NOT STORED PROPERLY TO PREVENT AND CONTAMINATION. MUST COVER OR WRAP SILVERWAR AND INVERT DISHES.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR MISSING IT'S COVER. MUST PROVIDE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR MISSING IT'S COVER. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND INSIDE DISH WASHING AREA. MUST CLEAN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND INSIDE DISH WASHING AREA. MUST CLEAN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED WALLS IN THE PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED WALLS IN THE PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • NOTED CLUTTER IN CORNERS OF THE BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES TO PREVENT HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.

When was Amelia's Authentic Mexican Cuisine last inspected?

Amelia's Authentic Mexican Cuisine has 11 inspections on record going back to November 22, 2010.

Amelia's Authentic Mexican Cuisine vs Fuller Park

Fuller Park runs 61% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 36 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fuller Park, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 May 5, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.