Gorditas Santiago

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 6, 2019
• address3825 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629

Is Gorditas Santiago clean?

Gorditas Santiago is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 6, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Gorditas Santiago?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY AND DISCLOSURE ON MENU. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CONSUMER ADVISORY AND DISCLOSURE/REMINDER ON MENU. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER INSIDE SMALL REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT PREP/BEVERAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME OF FOOD.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL STOCK SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL STOCK SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED UNWRAPPED BREAD, BUNS, ROLLS STORED INSIDE GROCERY BAGS IN REAR REACH-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE GROCERY BAGS AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE FOOD CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSSERVED NO BACK FLOW DEVICE ON UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILING IN REAR DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR CEILING AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2243799 ON 12-21-18:58-OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2243799 ON 12-21-18:58-OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090

When was Gorditas Santiago last inspected?

Gorditas Santiago has 12 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2010.

Gorditas Santiago vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 39% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 138 clean, 28 mid, 190 cooked.

Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 6, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.