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Blanco & Negro Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 4, 2015
- address4043 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
Is Blanco & Negro Restaurant clean?
Blanco & Negro Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 4, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Blanco & Negro Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 4, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED COOKED CHICKEN BEING HELD IN A PREP COOLER WITHOUT LABELS CONTAINING PRODUCT NAME AND DATE. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOODS THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGES AND MAINTAIN.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED COOKED CHICKEN BEING HELD IN A PREP COOLER WITHOUT LABELS CONTAINING PRODUCT NAME AND DATE. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOODS THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGES AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS. OBSERVED COOKING EQUIPMENT (GRILL TOP, STOVE AND FRYER) IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED UNEVEN TILE AND NO COVING IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED UNEVEN TILE AND NO COVING IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMMULATED DUST ON THE VENTALATION FANS IN THE WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMMULATED DUST ON THE VENTALATION FANS IN THE WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENT NOT MET. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT AND MAINTAIN.Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENT NOT MET. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT AND MAINTAIN.
When was Blanco & Negro Restaurant last inspected?
Blanco & Negro Restaurant has 11 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| September 4, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 10, 2014 | Fail | |
| June 20, 2013 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2012 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2012 | Fail | |
| January 20, 2011 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2011 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2010 | Pass |
Blanco & Negro Restaurant vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 September 4, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.