Atolito Catering

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 12, 2019
• address4429 N Broadway, Chicago 60640
• cuisineCatering

Is Atolito Catering clean?

Atolito Catering is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 12, 2019. 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 Atolito Catering?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 12, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed • NOTED EMPLOYEES SLICING AND PUTTING FOOD ITEMS (VEGETABLES) ON TOP A TO-GO FOOD CONTAINER WITHOUT WASHING HANDS OR WEARING GLOVES. NOTED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON THE PHONE, WIPE HANDS ON HIS PANTS AND CONTINUES TO TEH KITCHEN TO PREPARE FOOD WITHOUT WASHING HANDS OR WEARING GLOVES. NOTED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHILE WEARING GLOVES AND CHANGING THEM DID NOT WASH HANDS BETWEEN TASKS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR GLOVES, WASH HANDS AND CHANGE GLOVES BETWEEN TASKS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED LAUNDERED LINENS BEING STORED IN A DIRTY OVEN. INSTRUCTED TO STORE LINES IN A CLEAN, DRY LOCATION.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED LAUNDERED LINENS BEING STORED IN A DIRTY OVEN. INSTRUCTED TO STORE LINES IN A CLEAN, DRY LOCATION.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NOTED NO SANITIZER TEST STRIP KIT ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE TEST STRIP KIT ON SITE AT ALL TIMES TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE STRENGTH OF THE SANITIZER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NOTED NO SANITIZER TEST STRIP KIT ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE TEST STRIP KIT ON SITE AT ALL TIMES TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE STRENGTH OF THE SANITIZER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BASEMENT FOOD/DRINK PREPARATION AREA ONLY HAS A HAND SINK AND A UTILITY (MOP) SINK, WHICH HAD A STRAINER IN IT. MUST INSTALL A SEPARATE FOOD PREP SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED AN UNUSED GAS GRILL BEING STORED IN BACK YARD AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATES WITHOUT ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATES MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN COPIES OF THEIR CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES.

When was Atolito Catering last inspected?

Atolito Catering has 8 inspections on record going back to June 30, 2017.

Atolito Catering vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 December 12, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.