Cardenas Produce

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 31, 2013
• address11260 S St Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60628
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Cardenas Produce clean?

Cardenas Produce is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cardenas Produce?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL AND DATE ALL PACKAGED FOOD IN COOLERS.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL AND DATE ALL PACKAGED FOOD IN COOLERS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL STORAGE SHELVES, SINKS, COOLERS, FREEZER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ELEVATE ALL STOCK OFF FLOOR IN SALES AREAS. CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS, AND IN ALL CORNERS IN SALES, STORAGE, AND BASEMENT AREAS. REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN REAR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ELEVATE ALL STOCK OFF FLOOR IN SALES AREAS. CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS, AND IN ALL CORNERS IN SALES, STORAGE, AND BASEMENT AREAS. REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN REAR.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR HANDLE ON TOILET IN WASHROOM.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT AND ARTICLES BEHIND FRONT COUNTER, AND STORAGE AREAS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.

When was Cardenas Produce last inspected?

Cardenas Produce has 3 inspections on record going back to August 28, 2012.

Cardenas Produce vs Pullman

Pullman runs 64% clean across 77 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 19 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 77 spots Cooked tracks in Pullman, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 October 31, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.