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Habanero Baja Grill
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 19, 2022
- address2 N Riverside Plz, Chicago 60606
Is Habanero Baja Grill clean?
Habanero Baja Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 19, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Habanero Baja Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 19, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • FOUND NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER OR CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (CHICKEN) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • FOUND TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPEER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 49 - 61F: SLICED LETTUCE, CHEESE AND SPRNG MIX. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • FOUND NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALLEGREN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS.
When was Habanero Baja Grill last inspected?
Habanero Baja Grill has 17 inspections on record going back to December 2, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 29, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| April 19, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 16, 2022 | — | |
| August 12, 2020 | — | |
| July 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 23, 2019 | Fail | |
| March 19, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2017 | Fail | |
| April 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2014 | Pass |
Habanero Baja Grill vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 April 19, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.