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Cafe Pancho
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 2, 2016
- address2906 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Cafe Pancho clean?
Cafe Pancho is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 2, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Pancho?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 2, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cutting boards not maintained. Open seams and dark stains on surfaces. Must refinish or replace cutting boards. Missing toilet seat at basement toilet room. Must replace toilet seat.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cutting boards not maintained. Open seams and dark stains on surfaces. Must refinish or replace cutting boards. Missing toilet seat at basement toilet room. Must replace toilet seat.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • No backflow prevention device at mop sink. Must provide.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsPremises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • Accumulated unused equipment at outside rear of premises. Must remove items to prevent pest harborage.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • No food handler training certificates available. Must provide food handler training certificates for all employees without managers certificate.Food Handler Requirements Met • No food handler training certificates available. Must provide food handler training certificates for all employees without managers certificate.
When was Cafe Pancho last inspected?
Cafe Pancho has 8 inspections on record going back to March 6, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 24, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| August 2, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 13, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 27, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| March 5, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2014 | Pass |
Cafe Pancho 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 35% 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 August 2, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.