Diez Y Ocho

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 23, 2017
• address2000 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Diez Y Ocho clean?

Diez Y Ocho is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 23, 2017. 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 Diez Y Ocho?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE 1 DOOR PEPSI COOLER. OBSERVED CHICKEN WINGS AT 51.3F, BACON AT 46.4F, SHRIMP AT 56.8F, AND CUT TOMATOES AT 44.1F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 36# OF FOOD WORTH $100. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • HANDWASHING FACILITIES NOT ACCESSIBLE AND NOT PROVIDED WITH SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS. OBSERVED THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE DISHWASHING AREA NOT ACCESSIBLE. OBSERVED PLASTIC CONTAINERS STACKED INSIDE OF THE HANDWASHING SINK AND NO SOAP OR PAPER TOWELS AVAILABLE AT THE SINK. MANAGEMENT REMVOED THE DISHES FROM THE SINK AND SUPPLIED SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS. NO PAPER TOWELS WERE PROVIDED IN THE 1ST FLOOR LADIES' WASHROOM. MANAGEMENT PROVIDED AT MY REQUEST. ALSO, NO SOAP OR PAPER TOWELS WERE OBSERVED AT THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA AND UTENSILS AND SCRUB SPONGES WERE STORED INSIDE OF THE SINK. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AND TO MAKE ALL HANDWASHING SINKS ACCESSIBLE FOR USE AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE BASEMENT PREP TABLE AND 1 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPAIR THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER SO IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPAIR THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER SO IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE THE MISSING WALL TILES ABOVE THE MOP SINK FAUCET.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE THE MISSING WALL TILES ABOVE THE MOP SINK FAUCET.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES AND COOLERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL WET WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER WHEN NOT IN USE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES AND COOLERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL WET WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER WHEN NOT IN USE.

When was Diez Y Ocho last inspected?

Diez Y Ocho has 6 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2014.

Diez Y Ocho vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 June 23, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.