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Fiesta Mexicana
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 22, 2024
- address4806 N Broadway, Chicago 60640
Is Fiesta Mexicana clean?
Fiesta Mexicana is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 22, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Fiesta Mexicana?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF (2) ICE MACHINE WITH MINERAL BUILD-UP (FRONT BAR AND IN BASEMENT PREP AREA)
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARD WITH STAIN AND DEEP SEAMS ON TOP OF THE STEAM TABLE IN THE KITCHEN. • INSTRUCTED NOT USE PLASTIC CRATES OR MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION OF FOOD PRODUCTS FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REPAINT OR REPLACE RUSTY METAL RACKS INSIDE BASEMENT WALK-IN COOLER.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS UNDER AND BEHIND REFRIGERATION UNITS IN THE KITCHEN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, ANY PERSON WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
When was Fiesta Mexicana last inspected?
Fiesta Mexicana has 21 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| October 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2022 | Fail | |
| June 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 7, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 4, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 24, 2017 | Pass |
Fiesta Mexicana vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 October 22, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.