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Caro Mio Italian Ristorante
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 10, 2019
- address1831-1833 W Wilson Ave, Chicago 60640
Is Caro Mio Italian Ristorante clean?
Caro Mio Italian Ristorante is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Caro Mio Italian Ristorante?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED ESTABLISHMENT ONLY HAS SOME OF THE SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEA KIT. MUST PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON HAND SINK NEXT TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK (DRYING RACK). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON HAND SINK NEXT TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK (DRYING RACK). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO VISIBLE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE, MOP SINK FAUCET AND ESPRESSO MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was Caro Mio Italian Ristorante last inspected?
Caro Mio Italian Ristorante has 20 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 24, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| November 30, 2020 | — | |
| December 10, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 6, 2019 | Fail | |
| November 20, 2019 | — | |
| November 15, 2019 | — | |
| December 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 8, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 8, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2017 | — | |
| May 23, 2016 | Pass |
Caro Mio Italian Ristorante vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 December 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.