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Cabos Baja Cafe And Grill
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 5, 2019
- address5750 N California Ave, Chicago 60659
Is Cabos Baja Cafe And Grill clean?
Cabos Baja Cafe And Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 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 Cabos Baja Cafe And Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE PRESENTED BUT NO CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED TCS FOODS ON SITE (SLICED TOMATOES, BEEF, CHICKEN SAUSAGE) WITH NO DATE MARKING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER LABELING ON ALL TCS FOODS HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS WITH A 7 DAY DISCARD DATE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES NOT LOCATED AT ICE MACHINE. MUST INSTALL SO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES OR AIR GAP BETWEEN THE WATER SUPPLY INLET AND THE UNIT SO IT MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPAIR DETACHED LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE FOOD PREP AREAAdequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPAIR DETACHED LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE FOOD PREP AREA
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION FROM EMPLOYEE. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL EMPLOYEE'S MUST COMPLY WITH FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOOD HANDLING REGULATION ENFORCEMENT ACT.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION FROM EMPLOYEE. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL EMPLOYEE'S MUST COMPLY WITH FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOOD HANDLING REGULATION ENFORCEMENT ACT.
When was Cabos Baja Cafe And Grill last inspected?
Cabos Baja Cafe And Grill has 6 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 3, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| March 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 26, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 27, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 21, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 16, 2018 | — |
Cabos Baja Cafe And Grill vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 March 5, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.