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Cafe Laguardia
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 23, 2014
- address2111 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Cafe Laguardia clean?
Cafe Laguardia is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 23, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Laguardia?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • OBSERVED PINK AND WHITE SLIM ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINES CHUTE ALSO DRIPPING ON TO THE ICE, WHICH ICE IS USED FOR DRINKS. ONE ICE MACHINE IS LOCATED AT THE BAR AND THE OTHER IS IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-005(A). INSTRUCTED MANAGER NOT TO USE THE ICE MACHINE UNTIL IT'S CLEAN AND SANITIZE. ICE MACHINES TAGGED UNTIL ISSUES ARE RESOLVED.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off* Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY/SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS BEEF, CHICKEN SOUP,BEANS AND RICE. A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS. ALSO CLEAN AND DEFROST ALL REACH IN FREEZERS TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND ICE BUILD UP. MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR OF THE GREASE TRAP AT THE 3 COMPARMENT SINK TO REMOVE GREASE BUILD UP.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING THROUGHOUT UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND ALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND BAR. ALSO AT GREASE RECEPTOR UNDER THREE COMP SINK IN KITCHEN AND THE REAR STORAGE AREA ALONG THE WALL BASE AND IN CORNERS.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING THROUGHOUT UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND ALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND BAR. ALSO AT GREASE RECEPTOR UNDER THREE COMP SINK IN KITCHEN AND THE REAR STORAGE AREA ALONG THE WALL BASE AND IN CORNERS.
When was Cafe Laguardia last inspected?
Cafe Laguardia has 8 inspections on record going back to August 12, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 4, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| May 23, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 18, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 3, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2012 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2011 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2011 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2010 | Pass |
Cafe Laguardia vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, 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 May 23, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.