Coco's Place And Pizza Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 17, 2019
• address3144 W Marquette Rd, Chicago 60629

Is Coco's Place And Pizza Restaurant clean?

Coco's Place And Pizza Restaurant is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 17, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Coco's Place And Pizza Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • BSERVED NO PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WASHING MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK WITH NO SANITIZER AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK NOT SET UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY SET UP 3-COMPARTMENT SINK TO WASH, RINSE, AND SANITIZE FOOD EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS. PRIORITY CITATION ISSUED 7-38-025
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY TO EAT TCS FOOD STORED IN REACH-IN COOLERS NOT DATED. ALL REFRIGERATED READY TO EAT TCS FOOD HELD MORE THAN 24 HOURS MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH DATE BY WHICH FOOD TO BE SOLD, DISCARDED, OR CONSUMED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE FOR INTERNAL TEMPERATURES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK AVAILABLE. PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK MUST BE AVAILABLE UPON INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(C)
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED TWO BOXES OF TORTILLAS STORED ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED TWO BOXES OF TORTILLAS STORED ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEEN USES.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS STORED ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS AND STORE OFF FLOOR, INVERTED IN A SANITARY MANNER
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS STORED ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS AND STORE OFF FLOOR, INVERTED IN A SANITARY MANNER
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES NOT INVERTED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES NOT INVERTED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN LARGE WHITE KITCHEN TRASH BAGS IN BASEMENT CHEST FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE FOOD IN FOOD GRADE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO SANITIZER TEST KIT AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE TEST KIT FOR PROPER SANITIZER CONCENTRATION IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND SANITIZING SOLUTIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO SANITIZER TEST KIT AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE TEST KIT FOR PROPER SANITIZER CONCENTRATION IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND SANITIZING SOLUTIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILDUP ON COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, SHELVING UNITS, SINK, COOLERS, FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CLUTTER STORED IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT AND ARTICLES TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Coco's Place And Pizza Restaurant last inspected?

Coco's Place And Pizza Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2018.

Coco's Place And Pizza Restaurant vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 July 17, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.