Il Vicinato

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 6, 2023
• address2435 S Western Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Il Vicinato clean?

Il Vicinato is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 6, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Il Vicinato?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 6, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B) FOUND NO THERMOMETERS IN THE REACH-IN COOLER LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. IN A MECHANICALLY REFRIGERATED OR HOT FOOD STORAGE UNIT, THE SENSOR OF A TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE SHALL BE LOCATED TO MEASURE THE AIR TEMPERATURE OR A SIMULATED PRODUCT TEMPERATURE IN THE WARMEST PART OF A MECHANICALLY REFRIGERATED UNIT AND THE COOLEST PART OF A HOT FOOD STORAGE UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 FOUND SCREEN ON SIDE DOOR DETACHED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN OR REPLACE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 FOUND CEILING DEBRIS IN THE BASEMENT ON SEALED LIQUOR BOTTLES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 FOUND CEILING DEBRIS IN THE BASEMENT ON SEALED LIQUOR BOTTLES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.12 OBSERVED PREP COOLER CUTTING BOARDS IN FRONT AND REAR PREP AREA AND FOOD SERVICE HOTLINE DISCOLORED WITH DEEP GROOVES. INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE AND MAINTAIN OR REPLACE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15 FOUND NO RUNNING WATER WHEN HOT WATER IS TURNED ON AT THE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 FOUND WALL BEHIND LIQUOR STORAGE BREAKING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE WALLS.

When was Il Vicinato last inspected?

Il Vicinato has 21 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Il Vicinato vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.

Other spots in Lower West Side

• ✓ Sabinas Food Products Inc
  clean · December 4, 2015
• ✓ Dunkin Donuts
  clean · June 23, 2020
• ✓ Central Bakery
  clean · February 4, 2014
• ✓ Los Dos Hermanos
  clean · June 10, 2011
• ? My Mistake
  cooked · February 19, 2013
• ✓ Ignotz' Ristorante
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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 July 6, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.