Fernando's Mexican Grill & Pizza

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 25, 2011
• address7148 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60631

Is Fernando's Mexican Grill & Pizza clean?

Fernando's Mexican Grill & Pizza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 25, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Fernando's Mexican Grill & Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 25, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Ceiling tile damaged in rear. Instructed to replace damaged ceiling tile.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Ceiling tile damaged in rear. Instructed to replace damaged ceiling tile.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • Unnecessary articles stored on storage shelves. Instructed to detail clean and organize supplies.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Foods inside cooler not labeled or dated. Instructed to date and label all foods not in original containers.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Foods inside cooler not labeled or dated. Instructed to date and label all foods not in original containers.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Coolers, storage shelves, sinks and can opener not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor along wallbase not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor along wallbase not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean.

When was Fernando's Mexican Grill & Pizza last inspected?

Fernando's Mexican Grill & Pizza has 4 inspections on record going back to January 5, 2010.

Fernando's Mexican Grill & Pizza vs Edison Park

Edison Park runs 68% clean across 114 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 22 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 114 spots Cooked tracks in Edison Park, 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 January 25, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.