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El Quetzal Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 12, 2020
- address9625 S Ewing Ave, Chicago 60617
Is El Quetzal Restaurant clean?
El Quetzal Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 12, 2020. 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 El Quetzal Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2020, 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 WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE SIGNED COPIES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED FACILITY WITH USE OF THE SAMPLE CLEAN UP POLICY PROVIDED FROM CDPH WEBSITE AND NO SUPPLIES. MUST ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF BOTH A CLEAN UP POLICY AND ADEQUATE SUPPLIES (DISPOSABLE MOP, DISPOSABLE LATEX GLOVES, DISPOSABLE MASK, AND ADEQUATE SANITIZER *MUST ELIMINATE NOROVIRUS*) ON SITE TO PROPERLY CLEAN UP ANY VOMIT OR DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED NON-FUNCTIONING LIGHT IN DISPLAY COOLER LOCATED BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WORKING LIGHT IN UNIT.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED NON-FUNCTIONING LIGHT IN DISPLAY COOLER LOCATED BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WORKING LIGHT IN UNIT.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION.
When was El Quetzal Restaurant last inspected?
El Quetzal Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to March 6, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 4, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| March 12, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 6, 2020 | — |
El Quetzal Restaurant vs East Side
East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 March 12, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.