Cafe El Meson 2

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 4, 2019
• address6624 N Clark St, Chicago 60626

Is Cafe El Meson 2 clean?

Cafe El Meson 2 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 4, 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 Cafe El Meson 2?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE HANDLING TCS FOOD. (HANDLES CHICKEN, CHEESE,ETC.) PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-012. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO DISINFECTANT INSIDE VOMIT SPILL KIT EFFECTIVE FOR NOROVIRUS.PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND FOODHANDLER AT PREMISES WITH NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND FOODHANDLER AT PREMISES WITH NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Cafe El Meson 2 last inspected?

Cafe El Meson 2 has 4 inspections on record going back to August 24, 2018.

Cafe El Meson 2 vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 4, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.