Huaraches & Quesadillas Mama Quina

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 26, 2021
• address3445 W 51St St, Chicago 60632

Is Huaraches & Quesadillas Mama Quina clean?

Huaraches & Quesadillas Mama Quina is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 26, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Huaraches & Quesadillas Mama Quina?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IN PLACE. INSTD TO PROVIDE A VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGED HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTD TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SUPPLIES EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS AND MAINTAIN SAME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MISSING COVER FOR RECEPTACLE IN TOILET ROOM. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MISSING COVER FOR RECEPTACLE IN TOILET ROOM. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • CRACKED AND MISSING LIGHTSHIELDS IN PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • CRACKED AND MISSING LIGHTSHIELDS IN PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN

When was Huaraches & Quesadillas Mama Quina last inspected?

Huaraches & Quesadillas Mama Quina has 6 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2017.

Huaraches & Quesadillas Mama Quina vs Gage Park

Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 March 26, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.