Carmen Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 14, 2013
• address3300 W 87Th St, Chicago 60652

Is Carmen Cafe clean?

Carmen Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 14, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Carmen Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 14, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ICE IN WALK-IN FREEZER NEED TO REPAIR/REMOVE ICE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ICE IN WALK-IN FREEZER NEED TO REPAIR/REMOVE ICE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN DUSTY CEILING VENTS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN DUSTY CEILING VENTS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NEED TO CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS INSIDE AT RESTROOMS AND HALLWAY LIGHT TO RESTROOM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED HAND DIPPED ICECREAM NEED TO PROVIDE PROPER RUNNING (COLD WATER) DIPPER WELL CONNECTED TO PROPER DRAIN LINE.

When was Carmen Cafe last inspected?

Carmen Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to February 11, 2013.

Carmen Cafe vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 June 14, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.