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Garifuna Flava Caribbean Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 2, 2025
- address2516-2518 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629
Is Garifuna Flava Caribbean Restaurant clean?
Garifuna Flava Caribbean Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Garifuna Flava Caribbean Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED IMPROPER STORAGE OF MOP IN THE KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY. • OBSERVED COOKING EQUIPMENT NOT IN USE NEAR THE ENTRANCE, REAR STORAGE AREAS AND BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FROM THE PREMISES.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DIRTY VENTS IN THE WASHROOM AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DIRTY VENTS IN THE WASHROOM AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Garifuna Flava Caribbean Restaurant last inspected?
Garifuna Flava Caribbean Restaurant has 19 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2025 | — | |
| October 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 13, 2021 | — | |
| February 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2018 | — | |
| March 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Garifuna Flava Caribbean Restaurant vs Chicago Lawn
Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 July 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.