Chapala Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 18, 2012
• address3537 E 106Th St, Chicago 60617

Is Chapala Restaurant clean?

Chapala Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 18, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Chapala Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 18, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.MUST PROVIDE LIDS FOR BOTH (2) FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS/TORTILLA CHIPS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.MUST PROVIDE LIDS FOR BOTH (2) FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS/TORTILLA CHIPS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.INTERIOR UPPER PANEL OF ICE MACHINE NOT CLEAN.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.SOME STORAGE,DEBRIS ON BASEMENT FLOORS.MUST CLEAN FLOORS AND ELEVATE ALL STORAGE AT LEAST 6-INCHES OFF FLOORS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.SOME STORAGE,DEBRIS ON BASEMENT FLOORS.MUST CLEAN FLOORS AND ELEVATE ALL STORAGE AT LEAST 6-INCHES OFF FLOORS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline.DUSTY FAN GUARDS IN FRONT WALK IN COOLER.MUST CLEAN.

When was Chapala Restaurant last inspected?

Chapala Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to March 3, 2011.

Chapala Restaurant vs East Side

East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 18, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.