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El Jardin Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 27, 2012
- address3401 N Clark St, Chicago 60657
Is El Jardin Cafe clean?
El Jardin Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 27, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Jardin Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 27, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT PREP. MUST PROVIDE.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • LEAK UNDER BASEMENT EXPOSED HAND SINK. MUST REPAIR.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INTERIOR ICE MACHINE MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE. INTERIOR BASEMENT TALL REACH-IN COOLER WITH FOOD SPILLAGE. MUST CLEAN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DAMAGED MISSING FLOOR TILES AT 1ST FLOOR SERVICE BAR AREA. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR. FLOOR UNDER 1ST FLOOR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN. ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT STORAGE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM FLOOR 6" OR ABOVE, ORGANIZED AND ELEVATED.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DAMAGED MISSING FLOOR TILES AT 1ST FLOOR SERVICE BAR AREA. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR. FLOOR UNDER 1ST FLOOR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN. ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT STORAGE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM FLOOR 6" OR ABOVE, ORGANIZED AND ELEVATED.
When was El Jardin Cafe last inspected?
El Jardin Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to October 15, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2013 | closed by the city | |
| November 27, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 18, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 15, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions |
El Jardin Cafe vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 November 27, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.