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 no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on March 29, 2023, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on April 19, 2022. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

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 missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

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.

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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.

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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.

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