Azteca De Oro Mexican Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 25, 2019
• address3731 N Clark St, Chicago 60613

Is Azteca De Oro Mexican Grill clean?

Azteca De Oro Mexican Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 25, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Azteca De Oro Mexican Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 25, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENT. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED TCS FOODS NOT PROPERLY DATE LABELED. ALL PREPARED, READY TO EAT TCS FOODS MUST BE PROPERLY DATE LABELED WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE NO LONGER THAN 7 DAYS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK FOODS AND SPICES MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TO GO FOOD CONTAINERS STORED UNDER EXPOSED INSULATION FROM CEILING VENTILATION. MUST REMOVE TO GO FOOD CONTAINERS OR REPAIR/SEAL EXPOSED INSULATION. • OBSERVED FOOD ENCRUSTED TABLE TOP CAN OPENER. MUST CLEAN AFTER EACH USE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS LINER FOR SHELVING UNDER THE FRONT CHIP DISPLAY HOT HOLDING UNIT.----RAW WOODEN PREP TABLE UNDER THE TORTILLA PRESS MUST BE PAINTED /SEALED. ALL SHELVING MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • REAR HAND WASHING SINK WITH CONSTANT DRIP. LEAK AT THE NOZZLE OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR ALL.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE WALL OF THE FRONT PREP SHELVING WHERE BULK CHIPS ARE STORED. MUST SEAL/REPAIR.---- FLOORS NOTED WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS UNDER THE SHELVING IN THE REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE ROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.-----MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS MATTING FOR FLOORS AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Azteca De Oro Mexican Grill last inspected?

Azteca De Oro Mexican Grill has 17 inspections on record going back to March 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Azteca De Oro Mexican Grill vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 April 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.