Carniceria Gerardo's

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 21, 2014
• address3116 W Pope John Paul Ii Dr, Chicago 60632
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Carniceria Gerardo's clean?

Carniceria Gerardo's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 21, 2014. 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 Carniceria Gerardo's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • OBSERVED WALK IN COOLER NOT MAINTAINING TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW, AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS 49F. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE UNIT FIXED SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER TEMPERATURE. UNIT WAS TAGGED AND CAN NOT BE USED UNTIL REINSPECTED BY CDPH. MUST FAX LETTER TO 312-746-4240 OR EMAIL US AT [email protected] CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD STORED IN THE WALK IN COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: CHEESE (49.0F), PORK (50.1F), BARBACOA (48.4F), HAM (50.4F), AND BEEF (48.3F). DISCARDED MENTIONED PRODUCT. COMBINED WEIGHT OF DISCARDED PRODUCT 72 POUNDS. DISCARDED PRODUCT VALUE ESTIMATED AT $150 BY OPERATORS. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT 40F OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SHELVING IN WALK IN COOLER.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SHELVING IN WALK IN COOLER.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN AND REMOVE ICE BUILDUP IN REACH-IN CHEST FREEZER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN DAMAGED FLOOR TILE IN FRONT PREP AREA BY DISPLAY COOLER. • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS IN BASEMENT AND FLOOR DRAIN IN BASEMENT AS WELL.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN DAMAGED FLOOR TILE IN FRONT PREP AREA BY DISPLAY COOLER. • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS IN BASEMENT AND FLOOR DRAIN IN BASEMENT AS WELL.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST FIX AND MAINTAIN LOWER PART OF DAMAGED WALL IN BASEMENT TOILET ROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST FIX AND MAINTAIN LOWER PART OF DAMAGED WALL IN BASEMENT TOILET ROOM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST FIX AND MAINTAIN LEAK AT THE PIPE UNDER THE 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE BASEMENT. • MUST INSTALL 3 COMPARTMENT SINK LARGE ENOUGH TO SUBMERGE THE LARGEST UTENSIL(S) AND IT MUST HAVE A METAL DRAIN BOARD ATTACHED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND ORGANIZE ALL OTHER IN BASEMENT.

When was Carniceria Gerardo's last inspected?

Carniceria Gerardo's has 11 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2010.

Carniceria Gerardo's vs Brighton Park

Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.

Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 January 21, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.