Hot Tamales

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 19, 2018
• address3412 W 79Th St, Chicago 60652

Is Hot Tamales clean?

Hot Tamales is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 19, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Hot Tamales?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 19, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING INTERIOR NOT CLEAN, MICROWAVE, WHITE UPRIGHT FREEZER, AND BOX FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED HAND SINK IN POOR REPAIR, ONE SIDE FALLING OFF WALL, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED STOCK NOT ELEVATED 6" OFF THE STORAGE AREA FLOOR(CORN HUSK), INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE 6" OFF THE FLOOR.
• ⚠️Only Authorized Personnel In The Food-Prep Area • OBSERVED THE FRONT ENTRANCE WAY OPEN TO REAR PREP AREA, ANY CUSTOMER CAN WALK BACK TO PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL DOOR/GATE SO ONLY EMPLOYEES CAN ENTER THIS FRONT PREP AREA.
  Only Authorized Personnel In The Food-Prep Area • OBSERVED THE FRONT ENTRANCE WAY OPEN TO REAR PREP AREA, ANY CUSTOMER CAN WALK BACK TO PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL DOOR/GATE SO ONLY EMPLOYEES CAN ENTER THIS FRONT PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET, ONE WOMEN PREPARING FOOD NO CERTIFICATE, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET, ONE WOMEN PREPARING FOOD NO CERTIFICATE, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

When was Hot Tamales last inspected?

Hot Tamales has 4 inspections on record going back to March 24, 2017.

Hot Tamales vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 January 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.