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Flamingo Cafe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 8, 2019
- address6069-6073 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60638
Is Flamingo Cafe clean?
Flamingo Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 8, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Flamingo Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 8, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • CUTTING BOARD WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN CUTTING BOARDS.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO IRRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR (TEST STRIPS FOR MEASURING UTENSIL SURFACE TEMPERATURE). In hot water mechanical WAREWASHING operations, an irreversible registering temperature indicator shall be provided and readily accessible for measuring the UTENSIL surface temperature. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO IRRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR (TEST STRIPS FOR MEASURING UTENSIL SURFACE TEMPERATURE). In hot water mechanical WAREWASHING operations, an irreversible registering temperature indicator shall be provided and readily accessible for measuring the UTENSIL surface temperature. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
When was Flamingo Cafe last inspected?
Flamingo Cafe has 21 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 30, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| August 3, 2023 | — | |
| October 13, 2022 | — | |
| January 20, 2022 | — | |
| November 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 4, 2019 | — | |
| September 11, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 7, 2018 | — | |
| December 1, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2017 | — | |
| June 8, 2016 | — | |
| December 4, 2015 | Pass |
Flamingo Cafe vs Garfield Ridge
Garfield Ridge runs 73% clean across 147 tracked restaurants — 107 clean, 28 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 147 spots Cooked tracks in Garfield Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 8, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.