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Dona Chela Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 25, 2018
- address2158 W 23Rd St, Chicago 60608
Is Dona Chela Restaurant clean?
Dona Chela Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 25, 2018. 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 Dona Chela Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 25, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO POLICY IN PLACE FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED. 90 DAYS GIVEN TO COMPLY.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. MUST PROVIDE. 90 DAYS GIVEN TO COMPLY.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN/REMOVE ICE BUILD-UP AT INTERIOR BOTTOM OF REACH-IN FREEZER.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF EMPLOYEE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA 100-0367. MUST PROVIDE. 90 DAYS GIVEN TO COMPLY.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF EMPLOYEE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA 100-0367. MUST PROVIDE. 90 DAYS GIVEN TO COMPLY.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING. NO CITATION ISSUED. 90 DAYS GIVEN TO COMPLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
When was Dona Chela Restaurant last inspected?
Dona Chela Restaurant has 13 inspections on record going back to January 4, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 7, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| October 10, 2019 | — | |
| July 25, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 13, 2016 | — | |
| June 2, 2016 | — | |
| July 7, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2014 | — | |
| January 24, 2013 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2012 | Pass |
Dona Chela Restaurant 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 July 25, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.