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Crystal Garden/Chango Loco
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations3
- last inspectedAugust 2, 2018
- address700 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Crystal Garden/Chango Loco clean?
Crystal Garden/Chango Loco is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 2, 2018. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Crystal Garden/Chango Loco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 2, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (TCS), CHEESE SAUCE, CHOPPED BEEF, CHOPPED TOMATOES, ETC. WERE BEING PREPARED, SERVED OR STORED. INSTRUCTED SITE THAT CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE WHENEVER TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED, SERVED OR STORED. CERTIFIED MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE AT 927AM PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION # 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURES ON SITE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS AT HAND SINKS IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED SITE TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT ON SITE, AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED SITE TO PROVIDE CHEMICAL TEST KIT TO DETERMINE PROPER CONCENTRATION OF SANITIZING SOLUTION. SITE CORRECT VIOLATION DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT ON SITE, AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED SITE TO PROVIDE CHEMICAL TEST KIT TO DETERMINE PROPER CONCENTRATION OF SANITIZING SOLUTION. SITE CORRECT VIOLATION DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS NOT MEET. INSTRUCTED SITE TO MEET ILLINOIS FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS NOT MEET. INSTRUCTED SITE TO MEET ILLINOIS FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED ALLERGEN AWARENESS CERTIFICATE NOT MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO OBTAIN ALLERGEN AWARENESS CERTIFICATES. NO CITATION ISSUED.
When was Crystal Garden/Chango Loco last inspected?
Crystal Garden/Chango Loco has 10 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| October 15, 2019 | — | |
| August 2, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 1, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2011 | Pass |
Crystal Garden/Chango Loco vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 2, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.